Enough signatures have been gathered to put a cruise limit ballot out to Sitka voters in a special election ... a daily cap of 4,500 passengers, and limit port calls to six days a week.

As summer tourism approaches, Sitka residents prepare for a special election that could change the way the city handles ...

Photo Credit: Artchemy Labs/Shutterstock In a referendum tentatively scheduled for May 30, Sitka residents will decide whether to limit cruise traffic to the Alaska port city to 4,500 cruisers a ...

Time flies, and here it is, Alaska cruise season once again. At the busy Port of Seattle, a major homeport for voyages to The ...

A cruise vacation ... opportunities of Alaska's vast landscapes, calving glaciers and wildlife – including humpback whales in the Inside Passage and around Juneau and Sitka.

Skagway is another busy and popular cruise port in Alaska ... There's also a stop at Sitka National Historical Park, where the 1804 "Battle of Alaska" between the Russians and the Tlingits ...

Here are 10 of the best Alaska cruises to consider. Cost: From $6,095 per person Days: 8 days Departure port: Sitka, Alaska End port: Juneau, Alaska Book now What makes Alaskan Dream Cruises so ...

The Port of Seattle is set to start ... homeporting in Seattle are doing seven-day cruises up to Alaska,” Springmann said. “They visit Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, experience a glacier ...

In Sitka, Alaska, for example ... Getty Images Residents say their town is too small for even smaller cruise ships The latest port to say "no" to big ships is Belfast, Maine.

the perfect perch to look for grizzly bears or watch for Sitka black-tailed deer among towering spruce and western hemlock trees. A total of 7 Princess Cruises ships sail Alaska this season ...