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KETCHIKAN, Alaska - A new small-ship cruise line will start weeklong voyages between Ketchikan and Juneau in 2011.

InnerSea Discoveries is a new brand created by the owner of American Safari Cruises, which has operated luxury yacht cruises in Alaska since 1997, according to the Ketchikan Daily News.

InnerSea has acquired the 80-passenger Wilderness Discoverer and the 66-passenger Wilderness Adventurer. The shallow-draft vessels were last operated by Glacier Bay Cruiselines during the 2005 season.

American Safari vice-president Tim Jacox says the vessels will explore Prince of Wales Island plus the Baranof and Kuiu islands area, Frederick Sound, Admiralty Island and Endicott Arm.