Cruise ships in Alaska bring money, concern residents !!!

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 10:34:33 -0400 (EDT) in rec.travel.cruises,
"steinbrenner" wrote:

Behind his prey, drifting perilously into his line of fire, was a
gleaming white cruise ship, its 1,500 passengers and crew suddenly the
biggest city for hundreds of miles. Unable to safely take his shot,
Sensmeier jerked the barrel away, disgusted.

Even in one of Southeast Alaska's most remote corners, where natives
have been hunting seals for at least 1,000 years, it's hard to escape
the presence of the cruise-ship industry.

and when their local govt tried to tax the industry to pay for
studies of their effects on seals and seal hunting, the cruise
lines refused to pay.

ray and his buddies just can't deal with the reality of how evil
this industry truly is...