My experience on Holland America's new Great Bear Rainforest cruise

My experience on Holland America's new Great Bear Rainforest cruise

"Is this really necessary?" I asked the tour guide as he handed me an insulated full-body suit.We — that is, me and about a dozen of my fellow cruise ship passengers, most of them around retirement age — were about to embark on a 90-minute scenic boat ride around the coast of British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. The suits our guide was doling out, which would have looked more at home on a space shuttle, seemed like overkill.But, as our guid…