DISCOUNT BOOK LOADED WITH 2-FOR-1 OFFERS FOR LAST FRONTIER VISITORS

If you're planning a cruise to Alaska in 2010, the Great Alaskan TourSaver may save you cash on shore excursions and activities. The TourSaver features more than 130 2-for-1 offers around the state on lodgings, tours, admissions and travel on the Great Alaska Railroad. Other deals include:

In Juneau: Mount Roberts Tram ride, helicopter flight-seeing tour of Mendenhall Glacier, Glacier Gardens rainforest tour, whale watching.

In Ketchikan: Misty Fjords flight-seeing with Taquan Air; zipline adventures with Alaska Canopy Tours, wildlife viewing with Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary.

In Anchorage: Admissions to Alaska Native Heritage Museum and the Anchorage Museum, Mount Alyeska tram rides.

In Seward: Cruise of Kenai Fjords National Park, admission to the Alaska SeaLife Center, kayak rentals, charter fishing for halibut or salmon.

The Great Alaskan TourSaver discount book costs $99.95 at www.toursaver.com.

FLIP MINO

LIGHTWEIGHT VIDEO CAMERA JUST THE RIGHT FIT FOR TRAVELERS

For the traveler in your family, the Flip Mino video camera, $149, slips easily into a pocket (and a stocking). Weighing just 3.3 ounces, Flip Mino captures up to 60 minutes of video that you can then upload to your computer via an integrated USB connector. There are no videotapes, memory cards or batteries to buy, although if you feel like splurging, the company offers an HD model for $230. At Sears, Target, Kmart, amazon.com and www.theflip.com.

CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE

STRANGE SEA CREATURES REVEALED

Deep-sea creatures rival anything Hollywood can dream up. A piglet squid, a helmet jelly, a sea angel, and the most unsettling-to-look-at loosejaw are just a few among the many strange creatures revealed this past week by the Census of Marine Life, a 10-year project among marine biologists around the world to catalog and understand ocean life.

More than 210 expeditions will examine and document the 95 percent of the Earth's oceans that remain relatively unexplored. A final report will be unveiled in October 2010.

See more at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news.

— Chris Oliver