The things they leave behind
Black water, did you say?
ALASKA has only 630,000 people. But each spring it adds a floating city of 50,000 people, more than the population of any of its towns bar Anchorage. These are cruise-ship tourists, who get on board in Vancouver and Seattle and then spend a week, or sometimes two, gazing in wonder at Alaska's fjords, forests and glaciers.
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