The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) activated the Tazlina ferry for more than a dozen routes up the Lynn Canal over the next two months.

The Alaska Class ferry, long tied up in Juneau as a reserve, will call on Haines eight times each in February and March, on Sundays and Fridays.

Southeast communities have faced wide gaps in ferry service this winter due to a combination of factors, including a worker shortage (as cited…