Crystal Serenity to arrive in Nome Sunday

The city of Nome is busy preparing for the arrival of the Crystal Serenity cruise ship on Sunday, August 21, with the first boat of passengers docking at 8 a.m.
The Crystal Serenity will stopover in Nome this summer en route to the Northwest Passage. (Photo courtesy of Crystal Cruises)The Crystal Serenity carries about 1,000 passengers, and it is the first vessel of that size to travel to Nome.
Robin Johnson, a partner at local travel agency Nome Discovery Tours, said preparations for the C