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Icy Strait Point is a cruise destination located in Hoonah, Alaska, established in 1996 by the Alaskan Native Huna Totem Corporation. The only privately-owned cruise destination in Alaska, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it is located on Chichagof Island and named after the nearby Icy Strait .
Icy Strait separates Chichagof Island to the south and the Alaska mainland to the north. The strait is 64 km (40 mi; 35 nmi) from its west side at the intersection of the Cross Sound and Glacier Bay to its east side at Chatham Strait and the Lynn Canal. The two largest islands in the strait are Pleasant Island and Lemesurier Island.
2007 - ZipRider! The world's largest zipline opens at Icy Strait Point. 2010 - Alaska State Troopers assisted Hoonah police in a 2-day manhunt for a man who was reported to be armed in a wooded area in the city. He was later apprehended without incident. 2010 - A fire and subsequent series of explosions destroyed the Icy Strait Lumber Mill.
AccuWeather meteorologists say that swaths of icy weather will continue for parts of the southern Plains and into the Ohio Valley, an area of the country recently hit by wintry conditions. A busy ...
Pleasant Island is located just a couple of miles from Gustavus, Alaska, and Glacier Bay National Park. Many people kayaking to and from the park stop at Pleasant Island for lunch or a campover. Lemesurier Island, to the west of Pleasant, appears different because it rises out of Icy Strait to 2,180 feet (660 m) above sea level. The top of the ...
Opinion: The fiery and icy weather of the West and East Coasts is no coincidence. Shih-Yu Simon Wang. January 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM. Atlanta was hit by snow late last week, as Los Angeles endured ...
The wintry mix will begin in Omaha, Nebraska, later on Friday and expand quickly to the northeast Friday night, along the Interstate 80, 90, 94 and 35 corridors, reaching Des Moines, Iowa ...
Unlike areas around the Bering Sea where weather is largely affected by sea ice, the waters of the inlet are warmed by the Alaska Current in the Gulf of Alaska, part of the North-Pacific Subpolar Gyre, which affects the climate and keeps the temperatures in the Cook Inlet region fairly moderate compared to the extremes found in other parts of ...