The expansion, expected to be operational by the end of the decade, will accommodate not just larger cruise ships of up to 4,000 passengers, but cargo ships to deliver additional goods for the 60 Alaska Native villages in the region, and military vessels to counter the presence of Russian and Chinese ships in the Arctic.
That’s expected to change as a $600 million-plus expansion makes Nome, population 3,500, the nation’s first deep-water Arctic port. While smaller cruise ships are able to dock, officials say that of the dozen arriving this year, half will anchor offshore. Before-and-after satellite images show the extent of the damage to the dam and the adjacent Kakhovka hydroelectric plant, which were largely swept away. The problem remains: There’s no place to park the big boats. He can drink a gallon of sweet tea all by. It was 2016, and at the time, the cruise ship Serenity was the largest vessel ever to sail through the Northwest Passage.īut as the Arctic sea ice relents under the pressures of global warming and opens shipping lanes across the top of the world, more tourists are venturing to Nome - a northwest Alaska destination known better for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and its 1898 gold rush than luxury travel. I ordered this water bottle and about 6 extra sips for my father in law who drinks more thank anyone Ive ever met. Its well-heeled tourists had to shimmy into small boats for another ride to shore. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The cruise ship with about 1,000 passengers anchored off Nome, too big to squeeze into into the tundra city’s tiny port.
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