Ketchikan, Alaska

Known as the "Salmon Capital of the World," Ketchikan is also the ancestral home of the Tlingit people, who have carved the world's largest collection of totem poles. The name comes from the Tlingit phrase "katch kanna," which roughly translated means "spread wings of a thundering eagle," a tribute to the hundreds of eagles that nest in the mountain forests above this small outpost.

To learn more about this exciting port, please refer to our Port Explorer guide.