Officials Outline Problems with Alaska Cruise Picture

Here's a link to a good article on recent problems with taxes for the cruise industry in Alaska.

http://www.travelagentcentral.com/home-based/conferences/officials-outline-problems-alaska-cruise-picture-20371

Press Release - Holland America

Here's the press release Holland America sent out on bringing a ship to Anchorage for the first time.

http://www.hollandamerica.com/news/NewsRelease.action?newsReleaseId=712

artif-ICE

two of my favorite subjects: inflatables + iceberg  = oh yea... check this out at Strange Harvest, a great archi-blog... 

"This inflatable Iceberg™ is another example. While the Artic ice shelf collapses perhaps by designing, marketing, and playing with these inflatable iceburgs is a way of dealing with loss - a sad desire to re-make the world as we found it rather than what it has become. On the other hand, this could be irony heavy, Futurist-esque celebration of the increasingly artificial landscape we inhabit - a fun way to be part of the problem."