Frommer's Alaska Cruises & Ports of Call 2009 by Jerry Brown & Fran Wenograd Golden 288 pages Frommers: January 2009

Alaska by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising Alaska by Anne Vipond. 352 pages Ocean Cruise Guides: Sixth, May 2008.

The Alaska Cruise Handbook: A Mile-by-Mile Guide by Joe Upton. 287 pages Coastal Publishing: March 2008.

Fodor's Alaska Ports of Call 2009 by Fodor's. 288 pages Fodor's: December 2008.

Alaska's Southeast, 11th: Touring the Inside Passage by Mike Miller. 304 pages GPP Travel: May 2008.

Alaska & Canada's Inside Passage Cruise Tour Guide by George King & Karin Hasselberg City maps, history, Native culture and a 6-foot fold-out map of the cruise route from Puget Sound to Alaska. Coastal Cruise Tour Guides: August 2006

Alaska's Inside Passage Wildlife Viewing Guide by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game and the USDA Forest Service. 82 pages Alaska Department of Fish and Game: July 2006.

Guide to the Birds of Alaska by Robert H Armstrong. 360 pages Alaska Northwest Books: April 2008.

Cruising Alaska: A Traveler's Guide to Cruising Alaskan Waters & Discovering the Interior by Larry H. Ludmer Sixth edition, April 2005

The Kid's Guide to Cruising Alaska by Eileen Ogintz For ages 9-12 112 pages Globe Pequot: June 2004

Alaska Atlas and Gazetteer This large (15.5 x 10.9 inches) volume by Delorme covers the state with 1:300,000 or 1:400,000 topographical maps, for those cruisers who want to know the name of every inlet and mountain they pass.

Frommer's Cruises & Ports of Call 2009 by Matt Hannafin & Heidi Sarna 736 pages Frommers: October 2008