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Article: The ferry debate. (Alaska Marine Highway System)
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- January 1, 1997
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The Alaska Marine Highway System takes criticism from all corners, despite broad belief that it's an essential service. With a new ship and some tough decisions coming, the state is also facing a future with competition.
When National Geographic staff writer W.E. Garrett and his family took a tour of coastal Alaska in 1964, aboard the vessels of the newly formed Alaska Marine Highway System, he gathered a classic travelogue of adventures in places few tourists had seen. The article's lush photos of the shiny new Malaspina, Taku, Matanuska and Tustumena illustrate a story of the opening of the coast by scheduled ferry service - one of the first infrastructure projects ...