Snoozing Vietnamese man takes slow train to Alaska .  ANCHORAGE , Alaska 1996-08-22  A Vietnamese man who tried to take a snooze in a railway boxcar in Canada found himself locked in and bound for Alaska with no food or water .  Officials in the port of Whittier said on Thursday that they found Tuan Quac Phan , 29 , dehydrated , famished and terrified after sailing to Alaska from Canada in the boxcar loaded on a barge , a trip that takes about five days .  Sgt .  Dan Jewell of the Whittier , Alaska police department described Phan as " extremely cooperative " . "  Seeing me in my uniform , he kept saying , Jail better .  Jail better . '  "  Phan 's accidental journey started last week in Prince Rupert , British Columbia , where he was searching for a fishing job , Jewell said .  " He had climbed up in this boxcar to get out of the weather and to get some sleep , " Jewell said . "  The next thing you know , the boxcar is coupled up and loaded up to a barge and headed north . "  Police found Phan late on Monday when the boxcar , which was transporting lumber , was opened at [START_ENT] Whittier [END_ENT] , a port in western Prince William Sound .  Officials fed Phan some soup , gave him medical care , kept him overnight and then fed him a large breakfast .
Whittier, Alaska