What can a cruiser do about SEASICKNESS?
For one thing, don’t worry yourself into a dither. Remember, you’re on an Alaska cruise, which means that during much of your journey you will travel in the island-protected waters of the Inside Passage and you will likely be in port a great deal of the time. More good news: It has been calculated that only about three percent of passengers get seasick these days, thanks to extremely efficient stabilizers installed on mid-size to larger ships. But the bad news is, the malady has been around since Noah took his famous 40-day cruise in Biblical times and will probably never be eliminated completely. You do have, however, a number of helpful options: To start with, at the first sign of feeling queasy breathe some real air. Not the mechanical air-conditioned variety inside the ship; inhale the real stuff outside on deck. Preferably at a spot where you can feel brisk ocean breezes on your face. If it’s raining or blowing too hard to venture outdoors, go somewhere you can look out and see th
