Tag: Beagle Channel
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Sailing away from San Antonio, Chile… Where To Next?
The Flat Friends were already planning to do a little cabin organizing as we sail from San Antonio, Chile, even before the wind kicked up and delayed our departure. We are going to have four days in a row at sea, on a nice big ship, with over 1,000 other people. Imagine what it was…
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Flat Hal Sailed the Beagle Channel!
Sailing the Beagle Channel was amazing. Some of the surrounding mountains reach over 3,000 feet, and here we were, looking up at them from sea level. On our return to the city the Flat Friends decided to walk around before returning to the ship. In Ushuaia two monuments stood out as ways to get a…
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Ushuaia, Argentina, A Wildlife Tour At The End Of The World
Ushuaia has been nicknamed Fin Del Mundo, the end of the world, because of how far south it is in South America. For many, this community on the Beagle Channel serves as a last stop before departing for Antarctica. For the Flat Friends it was a return to civilization, and a chance to discover a…
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Glacier Alley, Beagle Channel
#flathal #flatstanley #glacier #charlesdarwin This channel is named for the HMS Beagle. A ship that played an important role in exploration of the area.It is also the ship Charles Darwin traveled on. Imagine being on the HMS Beagle. The year is 1826, give or take… essentially 200 years ago. You do not have GPS, email,…