Average seas in the Bering Sea have around 10- to 20-foot ... takes one to two days to get to and from the fishing area. Before heading up to Alaska, the ship loads up with three months' worth ...

A cruise to Alaska ... orcas, sea lions, eagles, harbor seals, lighthouses, glaciers and maybe even a bear along the shoreline. One of Viking Ocean Cruises' excursions, the Best of Juneau, lasts ...

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...

Alaska's astounding beauty and vast wilderness ... If you prefer halibut or just want to get out on the ocean, the best time for this wild Pacific species is from May to September.

From the summer cruise season to the snowy winter, these are the best and worst times ... 15 Items That Should Be on Your Alaska Cruise Packing List There’s excellent fishing to be found in ...

Seagulls, pelicans and other birds covered the area in numbers Dettleff had never seen before. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 corkscrewed into the ocean here from about 17,000 feet just hours earlier at 4 ...

But today, that tradition is all but dead: Katelnikoff is the last skipper running a commercial fishing boat from ... tradition of commerce tied to Alaska’s ocean harvests — a trade that ...