Setting for the Antarctica, the fourth biggest continent in the world, situated in the South Pole. It lies almost concentrically around the South Pole and has an inlet: the Antarctic Peninsula, which extends to South America, and two portions of water: the Ross and Wedell seas and its ice shelves. Its overall area is 14.2 million km2 in summer.
Another option to sail along the cold waters of the end of the world is to travel to the southernmost and most virgin land in the world before reaching the White Continent (the Antarctica), on the Mare and Via Australis. From October to April of every year, we sail along the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel, going along fiords, bays, glaciers and islands from Punta Arenas and Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego, up to the mythical Cape Horn.
The third option to discover these far and beautiful lands is to sail on the Skorpios Cruise, covering different routes, such as the Kaweskar Explorers Route. Kaweskar, which are also Kaweskar, is the name we gave to the ancient inhabitants of these southern remote places.
They inhabited these cold lands, which feed them, and encouraged them with the beauties that inspired love for their sea and land.
We will also visit San Rafael Glacier, in the Northern Ice Fields, which will welcome us with its towers of more than 70m high and 2,000m wide and sail among spectacular multicolor 30,000-year-old ice shelves. Coming back we will visit the Fiordo Quitraico (Quitraico Fiord) and its private and exclusive thermal baths.
The most desolated and intriguing place to visit is the Staten Island Reserve. A trip to the Lighthouse of the End of the World to discover the lighthouse that only Jules Verne could imagine. This reserve not only has the Island of the same name but also many surrounding islands and Archipiélago de Año Nuevo (New Year Archipelago), which is about 8,300 hectares. The Staten Island is the biggest and is situated in the eastern extreme of the Southern Andes.
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These adventure cruise offer the ultimate introduction to the Antarctica . Departing from and finishing in the port of Ushuaia, Argentina, they include many of the wildlife and scenic highlights of the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands. Information about Antarctica |
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| Beagle Channel, Cape Horn & Strait of Magellan |
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This is an Expedition Cruiseship sailing through the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel, and explores one of the wildest and most beautiful regions of the world: Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, at the southernmost tip of the South American continent. Offering an alternative of 3 or 4 -night cruises, from October to April each year, Mare Australis sets sail. |
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| Glaciers & Fjords in the Patagonia - Chilean Fjords |
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Sailing along the Chilean fiords on the Skorpios Cruises, discovering different routes like Northern Ice Fields and Southern Ice Fields to visit San Rafael Glacier, Quitralco Fjord, among other works of nature. The Southern Ice Field in the Chilean Patagonia, considered the third largest fresh water reserve on the planet, and the cradle of the largest and most spectacular glaciers in the southern hemisphere.
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| Patagonian Channels, San Rafael Lagoon and Puerto Montt - Puerto Chacabuco |
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Absorb the energy of the southern channels and fiords and continue along the ancient Kaweskar route. Discover the Patagonian channels. San Rafael Lagoon astonishes the visitors, being a natural virgin example in the middle of the calm waters and a real spectacle of ice floes. |
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| Staten Island: Lighthouse at The End of the World |
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The Staten Island Reservation includes not only the Staten Island itself but also a number of Islands that surrounds it and the New Year’s Day Archipelago. Altogether, they cover 50,736 acres.Staten Island is the largest and it’s located in the most eastern extreme of the Southern Andes. |
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