The southmost of Chile is a maze of islands separated by long, narrow, twisting fjords, and tucked back on the mainland east of those islands are a couple of really neat glaciers. Between the two we visited, you can learn a lot about the effects of moving ice.
Northbound up the Chilean coast
The Sunday before last the chaplain at worship service suggested that if music indeed soothes the savage beast, mayhap singing loudly will improve the weather as we pass the southern tip of South America, notorious for its savage storms. By cracky, it worked. We had excellent weather throughout that portion of the cruise. Indeed, the weather the whole cruise has been marvelous.
Pass through the Strait of Magellan
Cape Horn
On Cape Horn stands a monument commemorating the many lives lost as sailing vessels from 1500 CE onward tried to thread their way around the end of the world. Rocks and shoals lurk just below the surface, and how do you know which channel will take you through all these islands if you’ve not been this way before? It is a bleak and barren maze.