Helicopter Lifts Introduce Summer Glacier Skiing in Canada
Hans Gmeser opened upper glacier slopes in 1965 using helicopters for lifts. Canadian Mountain Holidays now runs both summer and winter programs from Banff, Alberta, guiding groups of up to 14 to Bugaboo Cariboo and Monashee glaciers with mountain aides ensuring safety against avalanches and crevasses.
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Canadian Rockies
Hans Gmeser
Canadian Mountain Holidays Company
High Rockies
Banff
Alberta
Bugaboo
Cariboo
Monashee
Glacier Bay Inspires Awe On Alaska Cruise Stop
The Sun Princess nears Ketchikan with Island Princess in pursuit as two cruise ships disgorge 1,000 passengers into the town’s main street. The feature visits Deer Mountain and extols Glacier Bay’s dramatic ice prints, 16 tidewater glaciers, and a changing landscape carved by centuries of ice retreat.
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Ketchikan
Sun Princess
Island Princess
Chamber of Commerce
Deer Mountain
Alaska
Pioche
Austin
Nevada
Glacier Bay
George Vancouver
Glaciers and Icebergs Awe on Alaskan Cruise Style
The article paints a vivid Alaska voyage with glaciers, deep fiords, snow capped peaks, and wildlife. It notes ice remnants from a 40 year advance to 1750, mixed melting and movement since 1929, and dangers from shifting ice. It recommends Glacier Bay itineraries aboard licensed oceangoing ships or a summer tour from Bartlett Cove.
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Glacier Bay National Monument
Bartlett Cove
Glacier Bay
PFEL Offers Fly Free Cruises to South Seas
PFEL resumes its free round trip air offer for 31 day and 43 day South Seas cruises from Honolulu or California this year. Passengers may fly from Los Angeles or choose any airline. A $268 air travel allowance applies to those from other areas. Details via travel agents or PFEL Cruise Consultant in San Francisco.
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Pacific Far East Line
Hawaii
West Coast
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Monterey
Los Angeles
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California
Russia
Moscow
AERO
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Kiev
Leningrad
Red Square
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Bolshoi Theatre
St. Sophia's Cathedral
Winter Palace
Dr. Zhivago
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Europe
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Park Court
Pan Am
Cliff dwellers near Taos built multi story homes long ago
Continental Airlines notes that indigenous peoples settled near Taos New Mexico more than eight centuries ago. When Coronado arrived in 1540 he encountered similar four and five story apartment style houses in the area.
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Taos
New Mexico
Continental Airlines
Coronado
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Trevel
California Place
Obspo
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Nance Tours Inc
Broadway
Calif
Nance Tours & Travel Inc
E. Broadway
Travel
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Canada
Boyd Travel
Bristol
Santa Ana
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American Society of Travel Agents
Earth
ASTA
Florida
Wilton Travel Agency
East Ocean Blvd
Paw AM
Regency
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