The sale of new luxury yachts is booming and boats are becoming longer and more expensive despite broader cost-of-living concerns and jittery global sharemarkets, according to brokers who say their ...

A ship, by contrast, always felt transient to me. A floating world with too many people and not enough personal space. Something you endure rather than savour. Cruises were, in my mind, built around ...

This story was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism, in partnership with The Seattle Times and Northern Journal. Read the series here.