Passage to Juneau
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Passage to Juneau is a travel memoir by Jonathan Raban that blends a solo voyage up the Inside Passage to Alaska with reflections on history, landscape, and personal loss.
All labels observed (1)
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| Passage to Juneau canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5996992 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Passage to Juneau Context triple: [Jonathan Raban, notableWork, Passage to Juneau]
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A.
Downtown Juneau
Downtown Juneau is the central business and cultural district of Alaska’s capital city, known for its historic architecture, government buildings, and waterfront setting amid steep, forested mountains.
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B.
Inside Passage ferry route
The Inside Passage ferry route is a scenic coastal marine corridor in British Columbia known for its sheltered waters, rugged coastline, and views of remote islands and wildlife.
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C.
Skagway
Skagway is a historic Alaskan town known as a gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush region and a popular cruise ship stop in the Inside Passage.
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D.
West Juneau
West Juneau is a residential area of Juneau, Alaska, located on Douglas Island across the Gastineau Channel from downtown Juneau.
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E.
Port of Skagway
The Port of Skagway is a key deep-water harbor in southeastern Alaska, serving as a major cruise ship and freight gateway to the Yukon and the interior of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Passage to Juneau Target entity description: Passage to Juneau is a travel memoir by Jonathan Raban that blends a solo voyage up the Inside Passage to Alaska with reflections on history, landscape, and personal loss.
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A.
Downtown Juneau
Downtown Juneau is the central business and cultural district of Alaska’s capital city, known for its historic architecture, government buildings, and waterfront setting amid steep, forested mountains.
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B.
Inside Passage ferry route
The Inside Passage ferry route is a scenic coastal marine corridor in British Columbia known for its sheltered waters, rugged coastline, and views of remote islands and wildlife.
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C.
Skagway
Skagway is a historic Alaskan town known as a gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush region and a popular cruise ship stop in the Inside Passage.
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D.
West Juneau
West Juneau is a residential area of Juneau, Alaska, located on Douglas Island across the Gastineau Channel from downtown Juneau.
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E.
Port of Skagway
The Port of Skagway is a key deep-water harbor in southeastern Alaska, serving as a major cruise ship and freight gateway to the Yukon and the interior of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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travel memoir ⓘ |
| author | Jonathan Raban ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| features |
autobiographical elements
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blend of travel narrative and historical reflection ⓘ descriptive nature writing ⓘ literary criticism of earlier travel writers ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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travel literature ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Jonathan Raban ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
colonial encounters
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family relationships ⓘ history of exploration ⓘ indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast ⓘ landscape and seascape ⓘ personal loss ⓘ solo sea voyage ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| route | from Seattle to Juneau ⓘ |
| setting |
Alaska
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Inside Passage ⓘ Pacific Northwest coast ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Northwest
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| subjectMatter |
Pacific Northwest history
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cultural encounters ⓘ maritime travel ⓘ personal grief ⓘ |
| voyageType | solo boat journey ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Passage to Juneau Description of subject: Passage to Juneau is a travel memoir by Jonathan Raban that blends a solo voyage up the Inside Passage to Alaska with reflections on history, landscape, and personal loss.
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