Alaska has long been a popular destination for fans of small-ship cruising. Beginning in the early 1980s and continuing into the 1990s, companies such as Lindblad Expeditions and UnCruise Adventures, ...

Alaska might be one of the most beautiful places in the world, but it's rugged and can be tricky to get around. Explore the ...

Alaska Sightseeing/Cruise West and the Coast Guard are continuing separate investigations. Cruise West President Richard West said repairs will probably take four to five weeks.

In 1987, he started a 12-year career with Alaska Sightseeing/Cruise West, beginning as a ship captain and concluding as acting vice president of marine operations.

Two of the former Cruise West vessels will enter service again next summer, with the launch of a new small-ship cruise line, Alaskan Dream Cruises. Sitka-based shipyard Allen Marine Tours will ...

Out of all the cruises I have done, Cruise West is one of my most memorable. I really enjoyed the education side of it and the up close and personal. When you cruise with them, they take you away ...

Alaska Native stories are a major part of this small-ship cruise tour between Ketchikan and Sitka. Alaskan Dream Cruises is the only Indigenous-owned cruise line in the United States, and guests of ...

Five guests from a Holland America Line cruise ship were killed Thursday in a sightseeing plane's crash, along with the pilot, in Alaska.

1946: Chuck West founds Arctic Alaska Travel Service in Fairbanks, offering sightseeing and air tours to the Arctic Circle. Eventually adds a hotel chain and Westours, Alaska's first motorcoach ...

Our cruise was a three-night voyage billed as a "California Wine Country" cruise on Alaska Sightseeing/Cruise West's 125-foot, 54-passenger Spirit of Discovery. The ship is the smallest of Alaska ...