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Alaska to Japan: Ring of Fire to Ainu Culture (Eastbound)

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Departs: July 12, 2027

Returns: July 30, 2027

Departure Port: Sapporo

Ship: National Geographic Resolution

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National Geographic Resolution

The polar sister that spends half her life in the tropics

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  • Polar Class 5, Category A, with the same inverted X-BOW hull as National Geographic Endurance
  • Christened on an ice sheet in the Weddell Sea rather than at a pier
  • Named for HMS Resolution, James Cook's ship on his second and third voyages
  • The only ice-class ship in the fleet that regularly works Japan and French Polynesia
  • Restaurant 270°, an infinity-edge pool and a sauna with a view of the ice
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Alaska

Alaska

Tidewater glaciers calving into the sea, humpbacks feeding in the Inside Passage, and gold-rush towns you can only reach by water, on a ship that carries you to all of it while you sleep.

Best Time to Go
Late May through early September; the season simply does not run outside it
Typical Length
7 nights round-trip, or 7 to 14 one-way with a land tour
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A majestic cruise ship (Norwegian Bliss) sailing through clear waters with snowy mountains as a backdrop.
Scenic view of snowy mountains from a cruise ship in Alaska, highlighting nature's beauty.
MS Radiance of the Seas docked in Juneau, Alaska. Owned by Royal Caribbean.
The Radiance of the Seas in Juneau, Alaska

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