...afternoon to the Fairweather Express II, a National Park Service tour boat, headed to Bartlett Cove and then to Juneau. Jerrol Golden, spokeswoman for Seattle-based Cruise West Enterprises, declined to comment on why the boat was in such shallow...

...still investigating. Now it is also investigating the cause of the hull crack. Cruise West Enterprises spokeswoman Jerrol Golden called the crack "very, very minor." She said she did not know yet whether it was caused by Monday's grounding...

...ships in Alaska. But that's next year. This summer, Southeast will see fewer small ships. Cruise West spokeswoman Jerrol Golden said three of the eight ships that came to Alaska last year won't be returning. Those three ships accounted for...

...ship owned by Cruise West out of Seattle held 89 people, including 67 passengers, according to company spokeswoman Jerrol Golden. No one was injured, and the passengers were expected to sleep on the ship moored at Four Seasons Marine just south...