Alaska impressions 3

When someone markets a "26 Glacier Cruise", how can you refuse? It's a cruise out of a town called Whittier, AK through Prince William Sound. It's the same coast where ocean-going Alaska cruises take people to see the glaciers.

You can see the scale of the place in this first picture - the ship in the distance is one of these large ocean cruise-ships:






Lots of fisherman boats in the sound:



What you see in the picture above is the entire town of Whittier. It's the strangest town in America - all of it fits into that one building. Everything from city hall to kindergarden - in that one building.

Close-up of the waterfall: