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This small Alaska town is swamped by cruise ship visitors every summer. But what happens when they all go home?
THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Skagway’s 1,100 permanent residents are caught between a boom time – when the ships bring more than a million tourists – and a lull in winter October comes to the small Alaska coastal town of Skagway like a sigh. The shops that were bustling throughout the crazed tourist season are reducing their opening hours or…
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- The Guardian — Environment
- TOPIC
- Climate
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- 10 November 2026 · 13:00 UTC
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- 10 November 2026 · 13:30 UTC
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- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/10/alaska-skagway-community-cruise-ship-tourism-housing
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