Grand South America & Antarctica Voyage, Cruising the Beagle Chanel and Glacier Alley

I was out bright and early this very cold and windy morning for our approach into Glacier Alley…as each day passes the weather is getting colder. Glacier Alley stretches along a good portion of the celebrated 150-mile-long Beagle Channel in the vast territory of Tierra del Fuego. Described in detail by Charles Darwin during his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle, Glacier Alley is a shorter section of the channel that showcases the 5 tidewater glaciers. These massive blue glaciers flow from the Darwin Icefield in Chile’s Southern Patagonia to the Pacific Ocean. All five tidewater glaciers are named after European countries: Espana (Spain), Italia (Italy); Alemania (Germany); Holanda (Holland); in order of the 19th-century explorers who mapped out the region. We also passed the Francia (France) Glacier known as a hanging glacier as it does not flow to the sea. Beagle Channel’s Glacier Alley of the Chilean Fjords is absolutely stunning; there is so much natural wonder, and the glaciers and waterfalls are close enough to see all this majestic beauty. This unique destination takes you to another world filled with unique landscapes and scenery. Continuing along the Beagle Channel we will reach Ushuaia, Argentina in a couple of hours. I was freezing as I took all the scenery in from the forward decks, but it was definitely worth it!!!!