Alaska Glacier Cruises — Seward, Whittier, Juneau & Ketchikan Compared

The glacier cruise is Alaska’s signature day trip, and geography assigns each port its version: Seward runs the Kenai Fjords National Park classics (tidewater glaciers plus the full wildlife cast), Whittier’s Prince William Sound trips famously pass twenty-plus glaciers in a day, Juneau’s day boats work the inside waters, and Ketchikan turns cruise-ship hours into fjord time. All run May–September; the boats are heated, the decks are not. Compare below.