Wrangell Sentinel -

The Alaska Marine Highway System last week announced its fall and winter schedule, showing Wrangell without any ferry service between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15.

That’s a change from the draft schedule released in early July which proposed regular weekly northbound service but no southbound ferry stops in alternate weeks from Oct. 1 to mid-November.

Ferry schedules in recent years have been constricted by a dwindling fleet of operable vessels and crew shortages.

Despite a concerted push to hire more crew, the limitations continue.

Though the ferry schedule covers Oct. 1 to April 30, the Alaska M...