New alternative route to Antarctica in Chile to cut fuel and sailing hours

Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 17:20 UTC

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A new alternative commercial route to Antarctica from the Chilean city of Punta Arenas avoiding the Beagle Channel and saving several hours sailing has been opened by the Chilean navy with the establishment of a state of the art lighthouse. Read full article

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briton
no doubt the royal navy will test it, see how it goes,
it may yet prove very poplar
Jul 19th, 2011 - 05:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
Hmmm ... new route! Interesting :-)
Jul 20th, 2011 - 01:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Islander1
A potential Nail in the Coffin of overpricing and ripping-off of Cruise ships in Ushuaia. Good one Chile.
Jul 20th, 2011 - 11:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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