Cruising the Inside Passage of the ‘Last Frontier’ of Alaska
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A cruise through Alaska’s Inside Passage — a network of waterways, glaciers and coastal towns — shows that “Seward’s folly,” referring to the U.S. purchase of the land from Russia in 1867, was a smart move. The 49th and largest U.S. state is Mother Nature’s (and once my own mother’s) paradise.