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	Travel - Argentina - Tierra del Fuego - Beagle Channel: Cormorants
		Legions of cormorants inhabit an island in the Beagle Channel.
		An island in the Beagle Channel, inhabited by cormorants.
		Cormorants upon a rock in the Beagle Channel, amongst the dramatic landscape of Tierra del Fuego.
	www.markhorrell.com /travel/argentina/tierradelfuego/ind_cormorants.html (94 words)

	Encyclopedia: Beagle Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Glacier on the north shore of the Beagle Channel
		Beagle Channel is a strait separating islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, in extreme southern South America.
		The main settlements on the channel are Puerto Williams, Chile and Ushuaia, Argentina.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Beagle-Channel (598 words)

	HMS Beagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her guns were reduced from ten cannons to six and a mizzenmast was added to improve her manoeuvrability, thereby changing her from a brig to a bark (or barque).
		Beagle was originally scheduled to leave on October 24, 1831 but because of delays in her preparations the departure was delayed until December.
		In 1845 the Beagle was refitted as a static coastguard watch vessel and transferred to Customs and Excise to control smuggling on the Essex coast to the north bank of the Thames estuary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Beagle (1411 words)

	P&O Cruises - Beagle Channel
		Beagle Channel is a strait in Tierra del Fuego, near the southern tip of South America.
		Its ownership was long disputed between Argentina and Chile; in 1984 the Beagle Channel was awarded to Chile.
		The channel is about 150 miles in length and between 3 and 8 miles wide.
	www.pocruises.com.au /html/beagle_channel.cfm (182 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Beagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HMS Beagle was originally launched as one of 115 Cherokee-class 10-gun brigs built by the Royal Navy between 1807 and 1830 and used in a variety of roles including surveying and antislaver patrols.
		Her first major voyage was from May 1826 to October 1830 with HMS Adventure, to chart the straits and passages of the southern tip of South America; it was during this voyage that the Beagle Channel, skirting the southern edge of Tierra del Fuego, was explored and named.
		FitzRoy commanded Beagle on her subsequent circumnavigation during which she was to complete the survey of Tierra del Fuego, the Chilean coast, and a number of Pacific islands, and to carry out chronometric observations—she carried 22 chronometers.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_010300_hmsbeagle.htm (971 words)

	Beagle Channel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is named after the ship HMS Beagle which was involved in two hydrographic surveys of the coasts of the southern part of South America in the early 19th century.
		During the first, under the overall command of the Australian Commander Philip Parker King, the Beagle's captain Pringle Stokes committed suicide and was replaced by captain Robert FitzRoy.
		The second is better known as the Voyage of the Beagle and is famous because captain FitzRoy took Charles Darwin along as a gentleman's companion, giving him opportunities as an amateur naturalist.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beagle_Channel (287 words)

	Beagle Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Beagle is a medium-sized dog breed and a member of the hound group, similar in appearance to a Foxhound but smaller withshorter legs, and with longer, softer ears.
		In communications, a "channel" is the "path" or "route" whicha message follows, as it is transmitted between a communication source and a receiver.
		An ion channel is a gate in a membrane that allows the passage of certaintypes of molecules.
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/1008-beagle%20channel.html (420 words)

	beagle channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Beagle Channel goes east to west between Argentina and Chile on the southern side of Tierra del...
		The giant crabs of the Beagle Channel are as delicious as they are awesome in appearance.
		Beagle Channel, with its bays, islets and rich flora and fauna, deserves to be visited...
	www.1-beagles.com /9/beagle-channel.html (404 words)

	The Beagle voyage (from Charles Darwin) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is situated on a low peninsula northeast of the entrance to its harbour, Port Darwin, a deep inlet of Clarence Strait of the Timor Sea.
		The channel, trending east–west, is about 150 mi (240 km) long and 3 to 8 mi wide; it separates the archipelago's main island to the north from Navarino, Hoste, and other smaller islands to the south.
		Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-225882 (872 words)

	Literature.org - The Online Literature Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The poor Beagle trembled at the shock, and for a few minutes would not obey her helm; but soon, like a good ship that she was, she righted and came up to the wind again.
		This channel, which was discovered by Captain Fitz Roy during the last voyage, is a most remarkable feature in the geography of this, or indeed of any other country: it may be compared to the valley of Lochness in Scotland, with its chain of lakes and friths.
		As we proceeded along the Beagle Channel, the scenery assumed a peculiar and very magnificent character; but the effect was much lessened from the lowness of the point of view in a boat, and from looking along the valley, and thus losing all the beauty of a succession of ridges.
	www.literature.org /authors/darwin-charles/the-voyage-of-the-beagle/chapter-10.html (9725 words)

	Aerovías Dap - Canal Beagle Puerto Williams Cabo de Hornos Ushuaia
		Puerto Williams, the southernmost city of the world, is located in the Beagle Channel area, which separates the islands of Tierra del Fuego and Navarino.
		After flying over the Canal Beagle (Channel) you will see the city of Ushuaia and Navarino Island, last corner of the American Continent, which breaks up into islands and channels that end at the rocky formations in Cabo de Hornos (Cape), our trip's final destination.
		It is situated on the border of the Beagle Channel, in Navarino Island.
	www.aeroviasdap.cl /dappwilliams-en.html (708 words)

	Beagle Channel, Argentina and Chile - a photoset on Flickr
		Beagle Channel, Argentina and Chile - a photoset on Flickr
		The Beagle Channel was named for the ship carrying Charles Darwin on his voyage of discovery between 1831 and 1836.
		Full of wildlife, it's situated at the southernmost tip of South America and separates the large island of Tierra del Fuego from an archipelago of rocky islets which culminate in Cape Horn.
	www.flickr.com /photos/kathleen-andersen/sets/246166 (62 words)

	Tierra del Fuego
		The city of Ushuaia is nestled between the Beagle Channel and the Cordillera Darwin at 54º 30' S. Note how low the tree line is on the mountain slopes behind the city.
		A westward view of the Beagle Channel and the Cordillera Darwin from near Estancia Moat at 55º S. The mountains on the right are on Tierra del Fuego, Argentina; those on the left are on Isla Navarino, Chile.
		The white in the distance above the channel are distant snow-covered peaks in the Chilean archipelago west of Tierra del Fuego.
	www2.brevard.edu /reynoljh/patagonia/tdf.htm (1112 words)

	Tierra del Fuego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In shape the main island, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan, is a triangle with its base on Beagle Channel.
		At the end of the bay, the Chico Pass indicates the entrance to the mythical Beagle Channel with its history and mystery of old shipwrecks.
		The three islands at the channel's eastern end, Picton, Nueva and Lennox islands, were the subject of a territorial dispute between Chile and Argentina that began in the 1840s and which almost led to war between the two nations in 1978.
	www.hilsberg.com /TierradelFuego24.htm (733 words)

	Naples Daily News: Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Voyage of the Beagle, Charles Darwin's description of the area we were cruising past was an accurate picture of what we were seeing.
		As we sailed on the main Beagle Channel away from visible glaciers sliding toward the sea, a small ship approached from the direction of Ushuaia.
		The air was cold and the warm, enclosed lower deck was a welcomed shelter from the raw Ushuaia elements as we rode farther east along the Beagle Channel.
	www.naplesnews.com /npdn/ma_features/article/0,2071,NPDN_14917_3855506,00.html (1224 words)

	TIERRA DEL FUEGO - LoveToKnow Article on TIERRA DEL FUEGO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cattle farms prosper along Beagle Channel, the timber industry is growing, lignite seams hate been discovered, and alluvial gold is washed principally at Slogget Bay.
		Desolation Land was supposed by Cook to form a continuous mass stretching from the western entrance of Magellan Strait to Cockhurn Channel, but it actually consists of several islands, separated from each Other by very narrowchannels flowing between the Pacific and the western branch of Magellan Strait.
		Fhe latter expedition (Voyage of the Beagle) was accompanied by Charles Darwin, then a young man. To these admirable surveys is due most of the present geographical terminology of the archipelago.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TI/TIERRA_DEL_FUEGO.htm (2183 words)

	Beagle Channel in USHUAIA PATAGONIA - Travel & Tours by ENJOY SOUTH AMERICA
		Sailing the Beagle Channel can be the experience of a lifetime, particularly in autumn because this is the time when the southernmost city in the world and its surroundings offer a breathtaking view from the boat, wrapped in forests that haven't yet lost their leaves.
		There are various circuits that let travellers watch the sea lion and bird colonies on the small islands or the crabs submarine world by means of an underwater camera.
		Thus, you can get to the hallucinating Cape Horn or sail along the western Fueguian channels where you will see glaciers hanging as they reach the sea.
	www.enjoy-south-america.com /patagonia/ushuaia-beagle-channel-patagonia.php (340 words)

	Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego
		The avenue Maipú, coastal of Ushuaia that skirts the channel of Beagle.
		This estancia (country property) is an historical place, since it was the first establishment dedicated to the exploitation of the sheep livestock in the island of Tierra del Fuego, built in 1886.
		You navigate in comfortable catamarans and during the journey several islands are observed among those that stand out the island of the Wolves, with species of marine wolves of one and two hair, and the island of the Birds, habitat of cormoran colonies and other marine birds.
	www.patagonias.net /Cities/What-to-do/Ushuaia.htm (801 words)

	FAQ - Beagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Beagle will index your data locally in a temporary and checkpoint the index back into your home directory every so often.
		This means that while Beagle will be fully functional, it will be substantially slower than on other filesystems.
		Beagle intentionally throttles its indexing based on load and whether the user is idle so as not to adversely affect the user's desktop experience.
	beaglewiki.org /FAQ (629 words)

	Rumbo Sur -Agencia de Viajes y Turismo - Ushuaia - Antártida - Tierradel Fuego - Patagonia Argentina
		The catamaran the sails to the middle of the Beagle Channel, towards the southwest, arriving to the Les Eclaireurs lighthouse, at the archipelago that has the same name.
		Already in the middle of the Beagle Channel, we will be with the archipelago where the Alicia is inhabited by an important colony of imperial cormorants.
		This Fuegian "estancia" is located in the North coast of the Beagle Channel is second in antiquity in Tierra del Fuego.
	www.rumbosur.com.ar /ingles/excursiones/rmaritima.htm (1161 words)

	In the Beagle Channel
		In the Beagle Channel, north of Isla Stewart, drizzling.
		During the night we ran down the Strait of Magellan to the Pacific and rounded into the Beagle Channel heading east.
		The ship is sounding various channels and harbors and creating its own set of charts for favorite anchorages.
	pweb.netcom.com /~pbirman/antarctic/jan14.html (767 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Beagle Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tierra del Fuego (Argentine Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego), archipelago at the southern extremity of South America, from which it is separated on...
		Beagle, breed of small dog of unknown origin.
		Darwin’s voyage, excerpt from Voyage of the Beagle, by Darwin, illustration of HMS Beagle, map of voyage, officer who became captain of the Beagle
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Beagle_Channel.html (121 words)

	AboutDarwin.com - Beagle Voyage
		The Beagle arrived at the Falkland Islands on 1 March and anchored in Berkeley Sound at Port Louis.
		The Beagle stayed at Maldonado with the Adventure during all of June, probably because most of the crew was needed for the refit.
		The Beagle left the Rio Negro on 1 September and headed north to survey near the Plate River.
	www.aboutdarwin.com /voyage/voyage05.html (3250 words)

	Ushuaia - Tierra del Fuego
		It has a funicular that allows you to have a beautiful view on the channel of Beagle and the glacier Martial.
		Ushuaia has a coastal avenue that travels its marine border where the Tourist Jetty of the city is; from there catamarans that travel the Beagle channel come out.
		One of the most famous parties in the city is that of the longest night in the year, June 21 that celebrates with slope of brands and musical shows.
	www.patagonias.net /Cities/Ushuaia.htm (766 words)

	JS Online: Rugged Chile
		Hitching a ride through the Beagle Channel with a bunch of sailors was not on my itinerary when I set out for southernmost Chile.
		Many glaciers can be seen along the Beagle Channel, which was named for the ship on which 19th-century naturalist Charles Darwin sailed.
		Within the hour, the Chacabuco was leaving Puerto Williams behind and sailing into the Beagle Channel with 64 sailors, one dog - the ship's longtime mascot - and one foreign woman who had yet to be asked to show any identification.
	www.jsonline.com /dd/destnat/aug03/165842.asp (2724 words)

	OM Personal - Ingles Gratis - Cruceros Educativos Virtuales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 155,000-acre park is abundant with wildlife with incredible scenery of glacial lakes and the Andean mountains.
		The Beagle Channel was named after the ship on which Captain Robert Fitzroy and Sir Charles Darwin sailed during their 19th century explorations.
		The channel runs through the southern part of Tierra del Fuego forming part of the Chilean-Argentine border.
	www.ompersonal.com.ar /CRUISE/cruise1/day08.htm (570 words)

	Beagle Channel Negotiations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This three-part case concerns a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile involving three small islands in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America.
		Part A provides background on the 19th century origins of the dispute, and then traces efforts to resolve it by submitting the issue to arbitration in 1972.
		The cases can be used to illustrate a number of basic principles of negotiation and international relations, including the variety of domestic, economic, institutional, and bureaucratic issues that can affect the course of a negotiation.
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /case/caseweb/catalog/abstracts/BeagleChannelNe.html (216 words)

	Patagonia Beagle Channel Travel and Tours in Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego Patagonia
		We inform you that during the high season (from October to the end of March) the reservations have to be done 30 days in advance.
		Sailing the Beagle Channel can be the experience of a lifetime, particularly in autumn because this is the time when the southernmost city in the world and its surroundings offer a breathtaking view from the boat, wrapped in forests that have not lost their leaves yet.
		There are various circuits that allow travelers to watch the sea lion and bird colonies on the small islands or the crabs submarine world by means of an underwater camera.
	www.enjoy-patagonia.org /ushuaia-destinations-ushuaia-beagle-channel.php (375 words)

	Beagle Channel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Beagle Channel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Its eastern portion is part of the border between (A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast) Chile and (A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America) Argentina, but the western part is completely within Chile.
		It is named for the (additional info and facts about HMS Beagle) HMS Beagle, the ship with which (English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)) Charles Darwin explored the area in the (additional info and facts about 19th century) 19th century.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/beagle_channel.htm (194 words)

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