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WE PULLED INTO HARBOR early this morning and spent the whole day in port, taking a break from seminars and panel discussions with a full slate of Alaskan adventures.

Originally home to the Tlingit Indians, Sitka was settled by Russians in the late 18th century and was the site where the Alaskan territories were formally handed over to America on October 18, 1867. (There’s a marker in the middle of downtown, on Castle Hill, where the first American flag was raised that day.) From then until 1912, Sitka was Alaska’s capital.