Summer ferry travelers sinking into oblivion

Summer ferry travelers sinking into oblivion

Based on the latest projections, you could fit all of the tourists who will arrive in Wrangell by state ferry this summer into a single Boeing 737. A decade ago, it would have taken more than a dozen 737s to bring all of the visitors to town. “Deep reductions in Alaska Marine Highway System service resulted in a 92% decline in ferry-based independent tourism over the past decade,” is how the polit...