At the southern edge of the world lies a trio of remarkable sea passages,the Strait of Magellan, Drake Passage, and Beagle Channel. These natural gateways connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and ...

United States top brass worries about the. It is a jumping-off point for Antarctica, where Russia and China boast 15 bases ...

I JUST sailed near the end of the earth closer to Antarctica than anywhere else through the tip of South America. This area is the renowned Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Chilean researchers have detected a naturally-occurring crude oil leak along the Strait of Magellan in far-southern South America thanks to sensors mounted on a ferry.

‘Straits’ Review: Magellan Maligned The explorer never lived to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe for which he is famous—but that doesn’t justify such broadsides. By ...

Glacier Bay has been reported by all explorers of the straits in the present century, from Fitzroy, King, and Darwin, down to the last English surveying expedition under Captain Mayne.

ON Tuesday, the 19th of March, about noon, we left Sandy Point, where we had been passing several pleasant days. It is the only settlement in the Straits of Magellan, and lies midway between the ...

Sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan “never considered—let alone accomplished—the circumnavigation of the world” and is only “exceptional because his failure was ...

Madhu Nagaraja, 47, becomes the 23rd person to complete the 3.9-kilometre swim through the strait famed for its strong winds, high waves and frigid waters.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — An Ontario software developer has become the first Canadian to successfully swim across the Strait of Magellan. Madhu Nagaraja says he completed the swim across the treacherous ...

Strait of Magellan When the weather improved, Magellan set sail again. On Oct. 21, 1520, he finally found the passageway that would come to bear his name.

Account of USS Ronald Reagan's passage through the Straits of Magellan by the ship's commanding officer, Captain James A. Symonds, USN. - about 0800 local. The sun rose yesterday at about 030 degrees, ...