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Transitting Beagle Channel

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My husband had wanted to visit Antartica while it was not even remotely on my mind. But it turned out to be a most unforgettable and wonderful experience. In writing this travelogue I am reliving the journey myself.

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Transitting Beagle Channel

December 18, 2000

A glacier inside Beagle Channel, they come all the way to the water

Our ship sailed along the famous Beagle Channel, which was along the south shore of Tierra del Fuego at the southwestern coast of south America. It is named for th famous ship H.M.S. BEAGLE which cruised these waterways during 1826 to 1830. The captain Robert Fitzroy returned in 1831 along with a young naturalist Charles Darwin, to complete the survey of south America. Glaciers can be seen coming all the way to the waterway as we cruised by. The water was often the color of melted glacier, a light green. This area had been under a long of glacier and the coastline showed its history.

We reached Garibaldi Fjord around breakfast, and sailed 8 miles up to the glacier at the head of the fjord. It was raining, but some people went on a zodiac cruise for a closer look.

We cruised through the Beagle Channel, the Fuegian Archipelao and the Strait of Magellan on our way up north.