Australis Cruise

Photos from October 2008 cruise between Ushuaia, Argentina and Punta Arenas, Chile

Ushuaia, Argentina - the southernmost city in the world	Ferdinand Magellan's voyage map before around-the-world trip	The Via Australis cruise ship at port in Ushuaia	The Via Australis in Ushuaia	One of the bars (Yamana Deck) aboard the Via Australis	Enjoying the empty Sky Lounge	Cape Horn, with the Chilean Flag in the distance
The Via Australis ship in the vast sea near Cape Horn	Wide angle view from Cape Horn of the ship, the flag and the lighthouse	Approaching the Albatross monument	The Albatross monument with nearby islands in the background	Another view of snowy Cape Horn with our ship waiting for us	1,000 kilometers due south from these rocks begins Antartica	Navarino Island, where Fitz Roy and Darwin took some indigenous Onas back to Europe
Returning to the ship on our zodiac in the snow	The Bridge of the Via Australis	Navigation maps of the fjords of southern Chile	Typical view through the fjords	Snowy waterfall near the Piloto Glacier	What a view from the room	The Pluschow Glacier in southern Chile
The Piloto Glacier with it's ancient, blue ice	Icy water making closer navigation impossible in zodiac	Reflections in the Seno Chico, or Small Sound	Glacier excursion	The mirror smooth water in the Seno Chico	Ultimate solitude	Southern Beech trees growing in the snow
The warm ship looks inviting after a long zodiac ride	Reflecting sunrise in the Magellan Strait	Magdalena Island with some of it's 120,000 Magellanic Penguins	Magdalena Island lighthouse	Before...	...During...	... and After! You didn't know penguins are cuddlers, did you?

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