Scenic view of the Holland America Noordam sailing through Skagway, Alaska. Credit: Holland America Line I’ve cruised to Alaska over 20 times, and I thought there was little left to surprise me. However, when I heard Holland America Line was sending its 1,996-guest Noordam on a brand-new voyage to the Last Frontier and British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, I jumped at the opportunity to explore one of the largest and most remote temperate rainforests on Earth.