Sitka
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Cruising the Inside Passage typically includes stops in Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, and sometimes Sitka, along with a British Columbia port if your cruise sails from the United States.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
In 1806, the Russians sailed into San Francisco Bay, essentially on a shopping expedition to feed its outpost in Sitka.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
The band Skipinnish, which had played at the event, knew of the tree and led the conservationists to where it was hidden in a non-native Sitka spruce plantation on Achnacarry Estate.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024
They were open-cockpit biplanes built with Sitka spruce lumber from Northwest coastal forests.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
Immediately, the Sitka came alongside Endurance and, with a whale carcass acting as a bumper between the two vessels in the heavy waves, piloted the ship into Grytviken.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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