CRUISING CAPE HORN AND THE BEAGLE CHANNEL-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011.

The land down at the end of the world is like Alaska, northern Siberia or Greenland in many ways. As we navigate the passages at the tip of South America we will view magnificent scenery. European explorer Ferdinand Magellan named much of the area. He is even credited with the name Paatagonia: Spanish for "large feet" and refers to the bulky foot coverings worn by indigenous people further north. He arrived in 1520 after having sailed for one year from Spain.