Cruise companies to Alaska are avoiding a popular excursion to...

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53% : They saw seals on ice floes, waterfalls and "a wall of ice" calve from Dawes Glacier, she said.
48% : But the night before the stop, they were told that due to ice in Tracy Arm, they would go up Endicott instead.
45% : And while it's long been known the fjord network in the Tracy Arm region has been susceptible, the slope that failed had not been identified as an active hazard before last summer's collapse, said Gabriel Wolken, manager of the state´s climate and ice hazards program.
36% : Norwegian Cruise Line said it does not have voyages sailing by Tracy Arm. Endicott already has been a stop for some ships previously and an alternative when conditions in Tracy Arm, such as excess ice, have been unsafe.

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