We survived a very wild weekend at the bottom of the world as we cruised around South America in early 1999.
It started with a day in the southernmost city on earth, and ended with the roughest moments we've ever spent on a ship anywhere, as we managed to get around what is known to be the most dangerous passage in the world.
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Arrival
Sailing into Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. The South Pole is...
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Ushuaia
A closer look at the city that is farther south than any other in the entire...
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Tour
Off our ship and onto a smaller boat to take a tour of the wildlife...
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Light house
I have no idea how many photos we've taken of light houses around...
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Cormorants
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Sea lion
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National park
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The End of the World
Train station sign
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Friends
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Our ship
Coming back from our bus tour, we stopped to admire our cruise ship...
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Survivor
This ship sailed along with us for part of our cruise. In just a few...
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Anniversary
Margie & Dwayne , two of our table mates who renewed their wedding...
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First sighting
It was early morning when we first saw Cape Horn. Here we were at the...
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Hold on
The wind was howling and the sea was rough and you held on with both...
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Rough going
This ship was about an hour behind us. We'd previously been on it...
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Cemetery
There it was, towering 1200 feet above our ship. Cape Horn is the largest...
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The name
The Cape is named after Hoorn, the Dutch birthplace of the first captain to...
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Formal pose
I didn't know quite how to end this little story. And then I found this...
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South America
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