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Norwegian sailboat cruises into Ketchikan

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In the early morning hours of Oct. 7, one boat docked between downtown Ketchikan’s berths three and four stuck out like a sore thumb: A replica of an 1870s fishing vessel that in 1906 became the first ship to make it successfully across the Northwest Passage. The original boat, named Gjøa and captained by Norwegian […]