 A memorial on Tucker Island, overlooking the Beagle Channel (above); Snow-capped mountains tower over the Beagle Channel (above); A penguin takes a leisurely stroll on Tucker Island (right) |
Go with the Floe in Patagonia: Cruzeros Australis, a wholly Chilean-owned and -run company (see www.australis.com), has just commissioned a new ship, the MV Stella Australis. Launched in December 2010, the Stella Australis combines understated elegance with top creature comforts in a way that is never “over the top”. The cruise itinerary is a pure adventure in wonderment, taking in some of the world's most awesome landscapes and nature-scapes including vast penguin colonies, glaciers that seem to stretch as far as the horizon, and an intricate pattern of islands and fjords at the very southern tip of the world’s land mass. Because of low advertising costs, these trips offer excellent value for money, with inclusions that are charged as extras on other cruise vessels.
 
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