Punta Arenas Chile….Strait of Magellan, Sheep Ranching & Dolphins 17 Punta Arenas & our ship

Punta Arenas Chile….Strait of Magellan, Sheep Ranching & Dolphins

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March 7th 2015
Punta Arenas Chile….Strait of Magellan, Sheep Ranching & Dolphins We left Ushuaia late as a woman on our ship had a stroke and an ambulance was sent for. This meant that there was a possibility that we would not get to see the glaciers as we made our way up the Beagle Channel toward Punta Arenas. But… the gods were with us and even though darkness was coming on and there were lots of c ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more