DESTINATION CASE STUDY / AUSTRALIS

South.
And back again.

EXPEDITION PHOTOGRAPHY
TIERRA DEL FUEGO
SOUTHERN PATAGONIA

A second voyage with Australis.
Glaciers, shore landings and life at the southern edge of South America.

CRUISE PARTNER

Australis

PROJECT

Destination & expedition photography

REGION

Tierra del Fuego
Southern Patagonia

RELATIONSHIP

Second voyage with Australis

RETURNING TO AUSTRALIS

A familiar voyage.
A fresh body of work.

This was my second trip with Australis, returning to photograph the landscapes and experiences of Tierra del Fuego.

Australis had used photographs from my first trip across its content. This return brought a new set of images, moving between the scale of the glaciers, the experience of going ashore and the quieter details along the way.

01 / LIFE ON THE WATER

The journey
is part of the story.

The ship, the guides and the small boats that bring passengers closer to the shore.

An Australis ship beneath snowy mountains and broken clouds near Aguila Glacier

Passengers in orange life jackets listening to a guide aboard a Zodiac near Pia Glacier

A Zodiac alongside the bow of an Australis ship with a glacier in the background

02 / GLACIERS & FJORDS

A sense
of scale.

Pia and Porter glaciers, blue ice at Condor Glacier and the people taking it all in.

A Zodiac carrying passengers beneath the towering ice of Porter Glacier

Jagged blue ice rising beneath a cloudy sky at Condor Glacier

A snow covered mountain reflected in still water near Pia Glacier

A traveller in a red jacket on the shore near Pia Glacier with an Australis ship beyond

03 / CAPE HORN

Going ashore.

The landing, the lighthouse and a rainbow over the water. A place experienced one step at a time.

Passengers in life jackets following a landing walkway onto the rocky shore at Cape Horn

Sunlight falling across the cliffs and sea at Cape Horn

The Cape Horn lighthouse beside a Cabo de Hornos sign

A rainbow stretching over the water and coastal hills at Cape Horn

04 / WILDLIFE & SMALL DETAILS

Look closer.

Penguins on Magdalena Island, birds and forest details at Ainsworth Bay, and a glimpse of the ship through the trees above Wulaia Bay.

A penguin on Magdalena Island with an Australis ship beyond

Close portrait of a penguin on Magdalena Island

Yellow lichen and red berries on a branch at Ainsworth Bay

An Australis ship seen through trees above Wulaia Bay

05 / CHANGING LIGHT

Before the day
settles in.

Morning colour in Glacier Alley and light tracing the snowy ridges of Agostini Fjord.

Sunrise beyond the wake of a ship in Glacier Alley

Pink clouds crossing a snowy peak in Glacier Alley

Golden light on a snowy ridge in Agostini Fjord

Pink morning clouds above the mountains and water of Glacier Alley

THE WORK IN USE / AUSTRALIS WEBSITE

Beyond
the voyage.

My photography on the Australis homepage.

Australis uses this ship photograph to introduce the experience of travelling through Patagonia. It is an example of website use across our wider collaboration, separate from the second-voyage selection above.

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