Lectures

During the cruise there will be interesting lectures on the wildlife, history and geography of this legendary region given by the Mare Australis and Via Australis Expedition Group. The lectures will take place both on board (with audio-visual support) and on land.

Geography and navigation route

You will learn about the geographic environment where our expedition cruiseship sails and each one of the channels, fjords and glaciers making this route a unique and mysterious place at the end of the earth.

Flora and Fauna

You will enjoy a beautiful audio-visual exhibition of the different species making up the Magellan forest. You will know trees and bushes that are characteristic of the region, such as Coigüe, Lenga, Ñirre, Maitén or leña dura, Canelo, and some fruits such as Calafate, Myrtleberry, Zarzaparrilla and Chaura, as well as one of the most delicate flowers in the world, the Orchid.

Birds of Patagonia

In an audio-visual exhibition, you will appreciate the most varied families of wild birds inhabiting this southern region, such as Condors, Penguins, Albatross, Petrels, Upland Geese, Cormorants and many other species.

Beagle channel

You will learn about the importance of Captain Fitz Roy, who carried out the first expedition to this region, exploring the islands near the Navarino Island. In 1830, he discovered the Beagle Channel, which owes its name to the brig called “Beagle”, which took them to these remote lands. You will also discover other adventurous voyages and the colonization south of Tierra del Fuego

Strait of Magellan

You will know the history of the discovery of the southernmost region in the world and the explorations that followed the discovery, where Spanish navigators, English corsairs, scientists and others arrived at this indomitable place, inhabited only by indigenous tribes.

Glaciology

You will learn about the beginning of this impressive phenomenon, its extension, rate of displacement, types of glaciers and their colors, with surprising images of this mass of ice covering Patagonia and other places of the world.

Marine mammals

You will become acquainted with these curious inhabitants of southern waters, such as elephant seals characterized by their large size, together with other mammals such as the sea-lion and the attractive and playful southern dolphins.

The native people

You will know about the ethnography and some theories on the inhabiting of the American continent and the first contacts with the aborigines: Tehuelches or Aonikenk, Onas or Selknam, Alakalufes or Kaweskar, Yaganes or Yámanas and Haush, their customs, their way of living and their mythology.

Penguins

Penguins are one of the most characteristic birds of this region. You will be amazed to know the different species inhabiting the Patagonia, their reproduction process, how they feed, why they emigrate and come back to the same place every year and many other peculiar characteristics of this seabird.