Ready for a cruise up the coast? Here's a great way to explore every mile of it, including the Inside Passage. More than a guide, The Coastal Companion is a fascinating meander up the coast, with stories, maps and photographs, all keyed to the author's unique milemarker system for easier orientation along these complex waterways. Complete with reference pages on birds, boats, fish and whales, port guides, a gallery of northwest artists and illustrated diary pages for writing or sketching, this Coastal Companion is the best companion you could hope to have along for the scenic tour of a lifetime.

The Coastal Companion: A Guide for the Alaska-Bound Traveler

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Upton, Joe

Canada

Coastal Pub

The Alaska cruise companion: A mile by mile guide

This #1 guide to Alaska cruising features in-depth sections on each port with many insightful stories about the people and the coast. The key to this book’s enduring popularity is the lavish 22” x 34”fold-out map with a numbering system for ease of following your ship’s position.

The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile by Mile Guide

Updated for 2012, A Rich and Unique Cruise Guide. Award winning author and mapmaker Joe Upton spent 20 years exploring the NW coast as a commercial fisherman and journalist, collecting stories, taking photos, making maps, and catching fish. In this book with over 300 color photos and included large illustrated map, he has assembled all the information you need for your Alaska cruise. 
 Includes detailed information on excursions, wildlife, walks, ports of call, cruise planning tips, where to look for whales, and much more. But the enduring popularity of this book is because in addition to being a fully informational guide, it is filled with Joe's wonderful Alaska stories. Upton's maps are displayed on many ships.

The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile-by-Mile Guide

When mapmaker Joe Upton and filmmaker Dan Kowalski set out to create videos to accompany Joe's new map of Alaska waters, an iceberg they were shooting suddenly broke in half and capsized, nearly swamping them. Watch this story and others on the DVD. The large, colorful and richly detailed fold-out map has icons featuring where the videos were made and connection to online content at alaskacruisehandbook.com. This DVD and map comprise a stand-alone product or a companion to Joe Upton's ALASKA CRUISE HANDBOOK (Coastal Publishing, 4th Edition, May 2012).

Explore Alaska

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

A detailed guide for Inside Passage travelers and Alaska cruise passengers.

The Inside Passage Companion: A Mile by Mile Guide

United States

For 20 years Joe Upton traveled the Alaska coast, catching fish, taking photos, collecting stories, and making maps. This easy to use large format book includes detailed anecdote-rich maps of Alaska and the Inside Passage and information on the ports and important elements of Alaska cruising, plus links to Upton s short video documentaries at specific places along the coast. But as in all of Upton s books, the stories from his years on the coast, from homesteader in a roadless fishing community to Deadliest Catch crab fisherman decades before the TV series, are the reasons for his books enduring popularity.

The Alaska Cruise Explorer

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Americas

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The Coastal Companion: A Guide for the Alaska-Bound Traveler

The Alaska cruise companion: A mile by mile guide

The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile by Mile Guide

The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile-by-Mile Guide

Explore Alaska

The Inside Passage Companion: A Mile by Mile Guide

The Alaska Cruise Explorer

The Coastal Companion: A Guide for the Alaska-Bound Traveler