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Set Sail From Anchorage to Vancouver!
Aug. 11 - 18, 2011
Onboard Silversea Silver Shadow
Starting from just $3,558

Meet Your Personal Cruise Host

Chris Plante joined the WMAL team after 17 years at CNN including nearly ten years assigned to the Pentagon covering the U.S. military and intelligence community. Chris formerly hosted his own program on the The American Life television network, and nowadays makes frequent appearences on various cable news networks. Chris brings a unique world-view  to his role as talk show host on WMAL. Join Chris Plante for a one-of-a-kind Alaska Adventure.

Cruise Highlights

Welcome to the Great Land. You never forget them - the vivid impressions from your rst visit to Alaska. Icebergs calving into the tidewater with a thunderous crack. The spectacular and untamed wildlife, from a nesting eagle high in a spruce to a family of brown bears foraging along a rocky beach. It’s everything you ever imagined & all you traveled so far to see.

Bonus Inclusions

60% OFF CRUISE FARES!

• FREE ECONOMY AIRFARE!*
• Discounted Business Class Airfare Available*
• $200 per suite Shipboard Credit
• Exclusive Group Welcome and Farewell
• Cocktail Parties with Chris Plante
• Exclusive Group Meetings with Chris Plante
  • Limited time offer, subject to availability

Exciting Cruise Itinerary

Feel the Excitement!

Discover your Ports of Call

Seward, Alaska  Seward, founded in 1903, is named after the Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, who endeavoured to purchase the land we know today as Alaska. Originally a small fishing village, it has become a fairly busy port due to its access to the state’s highway, something many Alaskan towns lack. Seward is the southernmost terminus for the Alaska Railroad, and is the closest port to Anchorage for those embarking cruise ships.  Anchorage is located in South-central Alaska. To the east, the Chugach Mountains serve as the backdrop for the city’s magnificent skyline. To the west are the expansive, steel-coloured waters of Cook Inlet. The inlet is named after Captain James Cook, an explorer who sailed into the area in 1778

Sitka, Alaska Sitka began as an important Tlingit Indian village called Shee At’ika, which translates roughly as ‘settlement on the outside of Shee’. Shee is the Tlingit name of Baranof Island.  In 1799, Alexander Baranof of the Russian American Company, a Colonial trading company, decided to set up camp at what is now called Old Sitka, located 7.5 miles north of the present-day town. Baranof called the settlement Redoubt Saint Michael. The Tlingit Indians of the area resisted the occupation and, in 1802, burned the fort and massacred the Russian settlers while Baranof was away. Two years later, Baranof returned and besieged the Tlingits. The Tlingits withdrew, and left the Russians to build a new city on a different site. Baranof named this city New Archangel, or ‘Novoarkhangelsk’.

Juneau, Alaska Considered by many to be the nation’s most beautiful capital city, Juneau is famous for the unrivalled beauty of its spectacular mountains, glaciers, fjords, lakes, and wildlife. The town is nestled in the rain forest where the mountains meet the sea amidst the 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest, and a 1,500-square-mile ice field. Juneau’s terrain is hilly, and its winding, narrow streets are filled with character. This quaint yet sophisticated town is also rich in Native culture and gold-mining history.  In 1880, prospectors Joe Juneau and Richard Harris, led by the Tlingit chief Kowee, beached their canoes along the Gastineau Channel at the mouth of Gold Creek. They staked out a 160-acre town site, and a Gold Rush boomtown was born.

Skagway, Alaska The era of the Klondike Gold Rush comes alive in Skagway, the gateway to the Yukon Territory. Through the opening of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad to Canada’s Yukon Territory, Skagway found its fame with the discovery of gold. The Gold Rush was such a boon that by 1898, Skagway was Alaska's largest town and home to a population of approximately 20,000. Hotels, saloons, dance halls and gambling prospered. However, when gold yields dwindled in 1900, so did Skagway’s population. Today, Skagway’s inhabitants number less than 1,000, yet the town retains the flavour of the Gold Rush era in its historic downtown area. In addition to its fascinating history, Skagway also offers visitors opportunities to explore its expansive natural beauty. Hiking trails along the Skagway River or a journey on the famous narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Line offer incredible panoramic vistas.

Ketchikan, Alaska The Tlingit Indians originally settled this area as a summer fishing camp, where five different species of salmon spawn every year. By the mid-1930s, Ketchikan had aptly named itself the ‘Salmon Capital of the World’. In 1936 alone, the city packed more than 1.5 million cases of salmon. Once a quintessential Alaskan logging and fishing town, Ketchikan was a workday place where visitors could wander the docks. But drastic declines in both the logging and fishing industries forced the city to change course, and today Ketchikan is a charming Alaskan tourist town catering to cruise ship guests. Ketchikan also boasts the world's largest collection of standing totem poles, and the nearby Misty Fjords National Monument.

Vancouver, Canada Vancouver is Canada’s third-largest city, and became part of the Canadian Confederation in 1871. Along the waterfront, visitors can see everything from the cobblestone streets of late-Victorian Gastown to shiny, post-modern cathedrals.  In 1792, Captain George Vancouver explored Burrard Inlet during a coastal survey of what is now known as the Inside Passage. However, it was not until gold was discovered on the Fraser River in the 1860s that Vancouver actually became a town. At that time, the city was known as ‘Gastown’, named for saloonkeeper John ‘Gassy Jack’ Deighton, a talkative storyteller who opened Vancouver's first bar in 1867. A fire destroyed the settlement two months after it was incorporated.

• One night at Anchorage Sheraton Hotel
  
• Transfers from Airport to Hotel Transfers from
Hotel to Train Station

• Scenic train Ride from Anchorage to Seward
• Transfer from Train station to Ship

Jump start your luxury vaction with this package

for only $229 per person!

This is an exclusive cruise offer available  only through Sterling Travel!

20% of Cruise Fare due at time of booking. Final payment date: April 8, 2011. Minimum of 20 passage for Chris Plate to travel as host. Port charges and Handling Fees of $184 per person are in addition to the cruise fares. Air taxes are additional. Pre-cruise overnight stay in Anchorage required. All prices are in US Dollars, Cruise-Only per person based on double occupancy. Single Occupancy starting at: Vista - 200%; Veranda - 200%. Cruise fares and category availability are subject to change without notice. All itineraries are subject to change Free Economy & Specially Priced Promotional Air Packages are capacity controlled; limited to select gateways, air carriers, and routings of Silversea's choosing; subject to availability. Silversea’s standard air package includes roundtrip Economy Class airfare and transfers between airport and pier on embarkation and disembarkation days. In conjunction with select ights, an overnight stay at a Silver Shore Simply Hotel property will be added to the air package at the time of booking as an optional component and for an additional charge. FREE
Economy Promotional Air Package Oered from the following 22 gateways only: East: ATL, BWI, BOS, CLT, MIA, NYC, MCO, PHL, TPA, IAD. Central: ORD, DFW, IAH, MSP, YYZ. West: DEN, LAX, PHX, SAN, SFO, SEA, YVR. Specially Priced Promotional Air
PackageOered from 50 plus U.S. and Canadian gateways starting from $199 roundtrip in Economy Class.CANCELLATION Penalties: Cruise cancellation requests received within 120 days of the initial sailing date will be subject to the following charges, regardless of suite resale: 120 – 91 days prior to the initial sailing date: 20% of the total cruise fare per person 90 – 46 days prior to the initial sailing date: 65% of the total cruise fare per person. 45 – 31 days prior to the initial sailing date: 90% of the total cruise fare per person. 30 – 0 days prior to the initial sailing date or non-appearance at the time of sailing:100% of the total cruise fare per person