Have You Ever Heard the Music of Frozen Quietness of Alaska? Yes, We Did, on Our Cruising Inside Passage Glacier Bay on August 11-18, 2012.

We are in Glacier Bay. The cruise liner “Zuiderdam” is sailing at low speed, showing off the unforgettable beauty of the nature: everywhere the blue ice mountains, icebergs popping out of the turquoise water, slams of snowy ice are floating here and there following the ship. It is cool here. We dressed up in warmer clothesand went…

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Russians in Alaska

Our cruise liner “Zuiderdam”, Holland America Lines, sailed for one week (August 11-August 18, 2012) to Alaska belonging now to the USA. Here is the map of Alaska. Everyone knows that once since 1732 till 1867, Alaska was a Russian territory. How was everything starting up? Shortly after ascension to the throne Catherine the Great…

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