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I\u00a0 HEAR\u00a0 THE\u00a0 DEAFENING\u00a0 THUNDER\u00a0 OF\u00a0 THE\u00a0 FRAGILE\u00a0 GLACIERS,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

FALLING\u00a0 INTO\u00a0 THE\u00a0 ICY\u00a0 WATERS.<\/span><\/h5>\n
THEY\u00a0 SLAM\u00a0 INTO\u00a0 THE\u00a0 SEA,\u00a0 AS\u00a0 IT\u2019S\u00a0 OMINOUS\u00a0 ECHOS<\/span><\/h5>\n
\u00a0INVADE\u00a0 THE\u00a0 SNOW\u00a0 CAPPED\u00a0 ALASKAN\u00a0 MOUNTAINS<\/span><\/h5>\n
AND STIRS\u00a0 OUR\u00a0 SENSES.<\/span><\/h5>\n
THEY\u00a0 LIFT\u00a0 THE\u00a0 OCEAN\u00a0 SURFACE,\u00a0 FORCING\u00a0 THE<\/span><\/h5>\n
JEWEL\u00a0 TO ROCK\u00a0 FROM\u00a0 PORT\u00a0 TO\u00a0 STARBOARD.<\/span><\/h5>\n
THE\u00a0 INCESSANT\u00a0 RUMBLE\u00a0 OF\u00a0 THE\u00a0 DIESEL\u00a0 ENGINES,<\/span><\/h5>\n
\u00a0REVERVERATING\u00a0 OFF\u00a0 OUR\u00a0 CABIN\u00a0 WALLS,\u00a0 POWERS<\/span><\/h5>\n
THE\u00a0 JEWEL\u00a0 TO\u00a0 SLICE\u00a0 FORWARD,<\/span><\/h5>\n
THE\u00a0 WIND\u00a0 AND\u00a0 WAVELETS\u00a0 YIELD\u00a0 THEIR\u00a0 WAY\u00a0 TO<\/span><\/h5>\n
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I\u00a0 CATCH\u00a0 A\u00a0 GLIMPSE\u00a0 OF\u00a0 THE\u00a0 BRIGHT\u00a0 GREEN\u00a0 AND<\/span><\/h5>\n
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JUST\u00a0 AS\u00a0 JUNEAU\u00a0 AND\u00a0 KETCHIKAN\u00a0 WELCOMED\u00a0 OUR<\/span><\/h5>\n
COLORFUL\u00a0 CRUISER\u00a0 INTO\u00a0 THEIR STORIED\u00a0 PAST,<\/span><\/h5>\n
I\u00a0 WONDER\u00a0 WHAT\u00a0 ADVENTURES\u00a0 AWAIT\u00a0 US\u00a0 NOW —-<\/span><\/h5>\n
WHEN\u00a0 THE\u00a0 CONDUCTOR\u00a0 ANNOUNCES,\u00a0 \u2018\u2019ALL<\/span><\/h5>\n
\u00a0ABOARD\u201d\u00a0 THIS\u00a0 OLD, — RUGGED —\u00a0 RAILROAD.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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