SEATTLE, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning in May 2012, Holland America Line will feature four Alaska cruise itineraries on seven of its mid-sized vessels, totaling 130 departures from May 2 through Sept. 23.

GREENE - Travelogue producer Stan Walsh will present his film, "Steamboating in Alaskan Waters," at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. He will narrate his film at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 10, and at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, April 11.

SEATTLE, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise West, the leading small-ship cruise line, will offer more departures, an upgraded ship, early booking savings, and the debut of the Spirit of Glacier Bay for its signature Alaska cruises in 2008.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Mystery surrounded the fate of two people on Thursday who went missing and are now feared dead after an ocean-going ferry sank when it strayed onto the rocks on Canada's Pacific coast.

By Allan Dowd VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A ferry carrying about 100 people sank in the early hours of Wednesday off Canada's rugged Pacific Coast, but officials said they believe everyone was evacuated by lifeboat and rescued.