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Smooth Sailing Ahead For Captain Of The Tusty

For the last 15 years Robert Crowley has been a kind of year-round Santa Claus to the Southcentral and Western Alaska ports that have relied on him as captain of the ferry Tustumena. After 36 years with the Alaska Marine Highway System, Crowley is retiring.

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Jennifer Canfield is a reporter at KTOO in Juneau.