The night before leaving for our 7-day Alaskan cruise we packed up about half of our house to bring along with us. While most trips have us packing light, a cruise is a license to over pack. Especially cruising to an area with cold weather. Not only did we need to bring our regular clothing to wear,...

After one of history’s deadliest maritime disasters, the Titanic, one would think that passenger ships would want to avoid going near icebergs. But nearly 100 years after the sinking of the Titanic people actually pay money to go to areas with icebergs. Why would anyone want to go where it is cold,...