April 27, 2005

Seattle, WA > The M/V Executive Explorer is once again sailing Alaska’s Inside Passage. Bargain hunters can take advantage of AdventureSmith Explorations’ special savings of two for one cruises in May or 35% off the rest of the season on cruises featuring the Executive Explorer.

Cruising aboard the Executive Explorer is like cruising aboard a private yacht. Her small size (only 49 passengers) and catamaran design allows her to cruise in places the large ships can’t and at a faster speed than any ship in Alaska, large or small. The 8-day itinerary features cruising Glacier Bay National Park to view active tidewater glaciers and abundant wildlife as well as visits to Skagway, Haines, Metlakatla (a small Native village), Wrangell and Sitka. Scenic cruising also includes Tracy Arm Fjord, one of the world's most dramatic fjords, flanked on either side by massive granite cliffs and home to the Twin Sawyer Glaciers.

Cruises depart May 8 to August 21, 2005, cruising between Juneau and Ketchikan, with two for one prices starting at $3,940 in May (or $1,970 per person, double occupancy) or $2,750 per person in June, July and August with the 35% inaugural season discount.

For reservations or more information, call 1-800-728-2875, email travel@AdventureSmithExplorations.com or visit www.AdventureSmithExplorations.com.

AdventureSmith Explorations is an ecotourism company founded on the ideal of utilizing soft adventure travel to create connections with the world's exotic natural environments and native cultures. The company's founder, Todd Smith, utilizes his years of experience in the adventure travel industry as well as his expertise as a professional naturalist to distinguish AdventureSmith Explorations by combining fun and exciting activities such as sea kayaking, hiking, small ship cruising and rafting in places not found on more conventional itineraries; extraordinary places in such destinations as Alaska, Costa Rica, Belize, Ecuador and the Galapagos, Guatemala and New Zealand.

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