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This Aug. 9, 2017, photo provided by NOAA Office of Law Enforcement shows a dead humpback whale on the bow of the Grand Princess cruise ship in Ketchikan, Alaska. Authorities said they found the whale on the submerged, bulbous bow of the Grand Princess after it entered the harbor in Ketchikan, near the southern tip of the Alaska Panhandle. (Fred Burk/NOAA Office of Law Enforcement via AP)
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Amak Towing Company tugboat Ethan B. pulls a dead humpback whale from the bow of the Grand Princess cruise ship Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Authorities said they found the whale on the submerged, bulbous bow of the Grand Princess after it entered the harbor in Ketchikan, near the southern tip of the Alaska Panhandle. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JULY 1-2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this June 29, 2017 photo, artwork by Jim Guenther hangs on the walls of the second floor of the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, Alaska. Some rubber cement, a liberal glob of acrylic ink, water and a chunk of plywood go a long way for Jim Guenther in creating the type of texture apparent in his abstract, water-inspired works. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JULY 1-2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this June 22, 2017 photo, artwork by Bill Ray, right, and Felix Wong, left, hang on the walls inside the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan, Alaska. Wong's work, being displayed near the entrance of the center, offers a redo of the lobby that hasn't seen a change of scene since the building opened, according to facility Director Leslie Swada, who said the show will last through September. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, Peri Blair looks at a new permanent exhibit honoring Tlingit civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich in Ketchikan, Alaska, following the unveiling of the exhibit and the naming of the Elizabeth Peratrovich Theater. Peratrovich, an Alaska Native woman whose passionate testimony is credited with swaying the Alaska Territorial Legislature into passing an anti-discrimination bill nearly 20 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, will be featured on a new $1 coin honoring Native American civil rights leaders. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP, File)
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CORRECTS THE SOURCE TO KETCHIKAN DAILY NEWS - In this May 13, 2017, photo, Luke Robertson, 32, and Hazel Robertson, 31, pose for a portrait with their Klepper kayak at the docks of Knudson Cove Marina in Ketchikan, Alaska, before leaving early Sunday morning to start a nearly 2,000 mile expedition to the northernmost point of the United States. The Robertson's, of Edinburgh, Scotland, left Ketchikan to start a nearly 2,000-mile adventure as part of a larger expedition to raise funds for the United Kingdom-based cancer charity Marie Curie. (John Lee McLaughlin/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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In this May 13, 2017 photo, Luke Robertson, 32, and Hazel Robertson, 31, assemble a two-person Klepper Kayak at the docks of Knudson Cove Marina in Ketchikan, Alaska, before leaving early Sunday morning to start a nearly 2,000 mile expedition to the northernmost point of the United States. The Robertson's, Edinburgh, Scotland, left Ketchikan to start a nearly 2,000-mile adventure as part of a larger expedition to raise funds for the United Kingdom-based cancer charity Marie Curie. (John Lee McLaughlin/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND APRIL 29-30, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 7, 2016 photo, buoys mark the location of a commercial seaweed farm at Hump Island Oyster Co. in Ketchikan, Alaska. Mariculture crews landed a disappointing first haul of planted seaweed recently near Ketchikan as part of an experiment on commercial kelp farming in the state. The University of Alaska Southeast, a seaweed product specialist known as Blue Evolution and a handful of commercial kelp growers are collaborating on the effort, with one growing operation near Ketchikan and two sites at Kodiak Island, where the first harvest is expected to start May 4, according to project stakeholders. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP) /Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, Peri Blair looks at a new permanent exhibit honoring Tlingit civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich in Ketchikan, Alaska, following the unveiling of the exhibit and the naming of the Elizabeth Peratrovich Theater in the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center. Peratrovich, born in Petersburg in 1911 as a Tlingit of the Raven-Sockeye clan, is celebrated for her role in the passage of the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, one of the first of its kind in the United States, in territorial Alaska. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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Shm'algyack language teacher Terri Burr listens to students pronounce some of the language's unique sounds Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the Ketchikan Indian Community building in Ketchikan, Alaska. Through past U.S. government policy to assimilate Native language and culture to Western ideals, and now, the impeding rush of modern-day society, the Tsimshian language of Sm'algyax and others of Alaska Natives have widely been forgotten. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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Shm'algyack language teacher Terri Burr teaches Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the Ketchikan Indian Community building in Ketchikan, Alaska. Through past U.S. government policy to assimilate Native language and culture to Western ideals, and now, the impeding rush of modern-day society, the Tsimshian language of Sm'algyax and others of Alaska Natives have widely been forgotten. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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John Reese, the last fluent Shm'algyack speaker in Ketchikan, speaks to a language class Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the Ketchikan Indian Community building in Ketchikan, Alaska. Through past U.S. government policy to assimilate Native language and culture to Western ideals, and now, the impeding rush of modern-day society, the Tsimshian language of Sm'algyax and others of Alaska Natives have widely been forgotten. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND NOV. 12-13, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo taken Nov. 2, 2016, photographer Felix Wong sets up his show, "Moonshine Exhibit," at the Main Street Gallery in Ketchikan, Alaska. Expensive gear unneeded, an enterprising amateur photographer needs just the will to venture afoot and capture the cosmos above, according to Wong, whose multimedia exhibit featuring the area's moonlit skies opened recently in Ketchikan. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND Oct. 8-9, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Sept. 27, 2016 photo, lettering and an eagle carving are displayed on the side of the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan, Alaska. For the past four decades, the center has worked to preserve Native totem poles and artifacts from around Southeast Alaska. The center, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, was founded after a group of Native elders started talking in the 1960s and expressed concern about the state of totem poles in the region. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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This May 3, 2016 photo shows the sign of the First City Homeless Services in Ketchikan, Alaska. Cruise ship passengers have been hanging out at an Alaska homeless shelter to get free coffee and a bite to eat, but few have bothered making a donation, said one of the nonprofit's board members. (Nick Bowman/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)
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The Holland America Line cruise ship Westerdam sits in dock in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Officials say eight passengers on an excursion off the ship and a pilot were in a plane that was found crashed against the granite rock face of a cliff about 20 miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. All nine people aboard died in the crash, authorities said. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP).
