Icy Strait Point is a cruise destination located in Hoonah, Alaska, established in 1996 by the Alaskan Native Huna Totem Corporation.
Huna Totem Corporation is owned by approximately 1,350 Alaskan Natives with aboriginal ties to Hoonah and the Glacier Bay area.
[4] Huna Totem Corporation was established as a part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act[5] signed into law in 1971.
[8] To further expand the tourism business, in 2019 Huna Totem Corporation joined with Norwegian Cruise Line to build a second floating dock, one that could accommodate megaships, located a half mile away from the first.
[12] The goal of the separation was to prevent overcrowding,[13] but nevertheless some Hoonah Elders expressed skepticism that the local population could handle that amount of tourist traffic without losing its sense of character.
[16] A decade later, The New York Times put Hoonah and Icy Strait Point on its '52 Places to Go in 2022' list, a group of selections that year that emphasized sites that fostered sustainable tourism and avoided overtourism.
[8] A 2014 USA Today article described the chance to experience Alaska Native culture in small villages such as Hoonah one of the ten reasons to visit the state.