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    • Day 18
    • Friday, February 16, 2018
    • ⛅ 23 °C
    • Altitude: 30 m
    • ChilePunta Espolón55°57’49” S  67°13’16” W

    Day 2 of Drake's Passage and Cape Horn

    February 16, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    We arrived at the cape around lunchtime, and met the Chilean ship pilot whose job it was to guide us through the Beagle Channel. Because we were slightly ahead of schedule, a landing at Cape Horn was achievable, as the wind had died down to less than a few knots. The lighthouse keeper and his two daughters met us at the landing, and we proceeded up the steep stairway to the sailor’s memorial, a metal sculpture of an albatross. Albatrosses are believed to carry the souls of lost sailors. Soon after landing, the wind picked up to cyclone strength, making the ship return more hazardous, but we did it...and we got the ‘been there done that’ stamps in the passports.Read more

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