American Queen Voyages is now working its inaugural expedition cruise in Alaska on the brand new 196-passenger Ocean Victory.
The ship, notable for its distinctive X-Bow design, departed Vancouver, B.C. on Might 7 and can sail between Vancouver, B.C., and Sitka, Alaska, on 12- and 13-day cruises by September.
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Ocean Victory is the seventh vessel for American Queen Voyages, which additionally operates U.S. river cruises and sailings on lakes and oceans.
On the inaugural Alaska voyage, 18 naturalists and guides are onboard to assist company discover the vacation spot, usually by sea kayaks or Zodiac motorized rafts.
Due to its small measurement and longer itinerary, Ocean Victory noses into less-traveled areas of Alaska’s Inside Passage. Passengers can view wildlife from remark platforms, witness marine analysis by California Polytechnic State College college students, and study indigenous tradition with native Alaska leaders.
American Queen additionally has partnered with Dr. Michelle Fournet, director of the Sound Science Analysis Collective, so the ship basically turns into an extension of their analysis lab. Hydrophones will probably be used onboard Zodiacs to take heed to Alaska’s whales in real-time.
“As we rejoice the debut of Ocean Victory, I’m impressed by our development from a one paddlewheel cruise line, the American Queen, to a fleet of vessels this very day crusing Mississippi, Kentucky, Washington, Prince Edward Island and Quebec,” stated John Waggoner, founder and chairman of American Queen Voyages. “At the moment we name on over 125 ports with seven vessels, using over 670 teammates – far exceeding even the desires of this boy of only one boat.”
Among the many season highlights are Anan Creek Bear and Wildlife Observatory, to view the forest’s wildlife of their pure habitat; 5 Finger Lighthouse on the confluence of Stephen’s Passage and Frederick Sound, a house to seabirds, bald eagles, sea lions, sea otters, humpback whales and extra; a Tlingit village in Kake; and the Waterfall Coast on Baranof Island.
Ocean Victory Alaska voyages embrace a pre-cruise lodge keep in Vancouver or Sitka, and sail by the Canadian Inside Passage, Fiordland (Kynoch Inlet), Misty Fjords Nationwide Monument, Wrangell/Stikine River Wilderness, Tracy Arm/Endicott Glacier, and Waterfall Coast/Baranof Wilderness. The ship calls at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg/Le Conte Glacier, Kake and Sitka.
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