Around Patagonia │ Part 2 - The Glaciers of the Beagle Channel

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▶︎ ABOUT THIS TRIP
In April 2024, we explored the Beagle channel for 58 days onboard “TUPAIA”, our Dufour 35 from 1974. We started in Puerto Williams, the southernmost town in the world and sailed West, passing Ushuaia surrounded by wildlife, including whales, sea lions, a variety of seabirds and even orcas! At Punta Divide, the Beagle splits in two arms. We entered the Northwestern one (Brazo Noroeste), also known as the Glaciers Avenue. High mountains, steep slopes and snowy peaks from the Cordillera Darwin dominate both shores of the channel. We visited three out of the four islets opening along the N shore: Seno Pia, Seno Garibaldi, and Seno Ventisquero, each hiding huge rivers of ice rumbling into the sea. Though already a bit late in the season, we managed to sail TUPAIA through the dense floating ice and got quite close to the enormous seracs. After three weeks, we left Brazo Noroeste and explored Brazo Suroeste, on the other side of Isla Gordon. Thanks to a great autumn weather, we made the best of the many anchorage possibilities and the beautiful hikes offered by the less steep surroundings, even though some caletas were already frozen and the snow was more than knee-deep at times. In Estéros 1000 cascadas, Coloane, and Fouque, we sailed passed a couple of tidal and suspended glaciers that sadly seemed to be melting pretty fast. On the final stretch back to Puerto Williams, we made a few detours to visit more remote anchorages.


▶︎ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro: Aerial Beagle
01:35 - Puerto Williams to Punta Divide
05:30 - Brazo Noroeste
16:26 - Brazo Suroeste
24:22 - Outro & stats

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