Enjoy Luxurious Transportation, from Whittier Cruise Port. Our Chauffeurs, will Meet And Greet you , Inside The Princess Terminal at 8:45am. Your Chauffeur / Tour guide will have a sign with AK Cruise Connect, and A itinerary of passengers boarding. He or She will escort you to the awaiting Bus, Proceed to load your luggage, and get you comfortably seated.The bus will then proceed to the Anton Anderson Train tunnel staging area for the 9am depart from Whittier. PLEASE remember this, IF you are going to The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, PLEASE let your chauffeur know, as your luggage will be put on LAST, so It will Be the first off at the Airport. PLEASE remember to tip accordingly. THANK YOU

The Original History of Whittier. Whittier was also know as a secret Port , during WWII. During World War II, The United States Army constructed a military post in Whittier. This Location was named Camp Sullivan. Anton Anderson, a civil engineer,and his crew, surveyed both sides of Maynard Mountain. Crews then begin blasting and digging to open a 21ft. wide, 16ft. high tunnel 2.5 miles long, to facilitate a train track that would join the "Whittier Spur" to Alaska's Railroad's existing Seward to Anchorage route. The Project was completed in 1943 providing the military the capability to move heavy equipment from the deep water Port of Whittier to Camp Richardson. The area immediately north of Anchorage and now known as Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Camp Richardson, which later became known as Fort Richardson, was moved a few miles northeast of Anchorage to accommodate the air base. Fort Richardson is the largest army post in Alaska

The Buckner House was the Largest building in Alaska, and known as the "City Under One Roof". It contained a commissary, bowling alley, barber shop and military offices. The Other building, originally named the Hodge Building, was built to house nearly one thousand troops. It was renamed "Begich Towers" for our late State Senator Nick Begick and now houses most of the residents of Whittier. Once the train tunnel was completed, it was the Longest tunnel in the North America until a new 3.5 mile tunnel known as "The Big Dig". rerouting Interstate 93., In Boston,completed in 2007. the Anton Anderson memorial Tunnel still remains the longest vehicle/train tunnel in North America.



Port of Seward

Welcome to Seward. The town site of Seward was settled in 1903 and became the southern terminus of the "Alaska Central Railway", now known as simply "The Alaska Railroad".

The town site of Seward was purchased from a pioneer family, The Lowells, by Major J.E. Ballaine for four thousand dollars and lays at the head of Resurrection Bay(originally named Voskressenski Harbor or Sunday Harbor) by the Russians.

In 1794 Alexander Baranof built the sailing vessel "Phoenix" from timber found on the shores of Resurrection Bay.

Seward valued as a deep water port was highly guarded by several gun emplacements strategically located on the mountainsides of Resurrection Bay during WWII. Many of the abandoned gun emplacements and trails leading to them can be seen to this day as you tour Resurrection Bay.

Seward thrives as the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad and its industries, originally fishing and logging, have evolved to tourism and as a coal shipping terminal. Seward has a fine small boat harbor, plush accommodations, fine restaurants and for the sports enthusiasts excellent salmon and halibut fishing, kayak rentals, fishing and tour boat charters and in the winter provides and excellent venue for snow machining or cross country skiing.

The nearby Exit Glacier offers a close up look at an active glacier and is only ten miles from town. A major sports attraction over the 4th of July weekend is the Mount Marathon race from downtown to the to of the mountain,3022 feet above sea level. The best runners typically finish the trip in less then an hour and often times return bloody and covered in mud.





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