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After a decades-long absence, Cunard Line returned to Alaska this year. The cruise line hosted destinations editor Eric Moya during its penultimate Alaska sailing this season aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Pictured, the ship in port in Sitka.

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Exploring Alaska with Cunard

After a decades-long absence, Cunard Line returned to Alaska this year. The cruise line hosted destinations editor Eric Moya during its penultimate Alaska sailing this season aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Pictured, the ship in port in Sitka. Photo Credit: TW photo by Eric Moya

After a decades-long absence, Cunard Line returned to Alaska this year. The cruise line hosted destinations editor Eric Moya during its penultimate Alaska sailing this season aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Pictured, the ship in port in Sitka.

Eos Strings performs in the Brittania restaurant during the 10-day sailing's first of two gala evenings.

Performers at the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show in Ketchikan. A variety of show packages offer guests meals, an ax-throwing challenge and more.

A humpback sighting in Stephens Passage during a shore excursion in Juneau.

Queen Elizabeth passengers gaze at the Mendenhall Glacier from the glacier's visitor center in Tongass National Forest, Juneau.

A train along the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad makes its way back to Skagway. The rail line was built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush and today uses restored circa-1950s trains.

Bald eagles spotted at Icy Strait Point, an Alaska Native-owned cruise destination near the town of Hoonah.

The 75-mile-long Hubbard Glacier seen from Deck 2 during a day at sea.

St. Michael's Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka, built in 1848.

Passengers dancing in the ship's Queens Room.

Baked Alaskas in hand, Queen Elizabeth chefs prepare for the chefs' parade in the Brittania dining room on the sailing's second gala night.

Harbor seals get some sun on a buoy in Stephens Passage.

The 233-foot-tall Leshan Giant Buddha is a major tourist attraction in the Sichuan province. The Buddha was unharmed by the 2008 earthquake.

Reflections from China