Beagle Channel

A day at sea

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January 24th 2016
Geo: -54.79, -68.31No stops today, however 6am we were up on the main deck as we'd reached the southern tip of Chile, Cape Horn. The sea is renowned for being choppy as it's where the Pacific meets the Atlantic - the last cruise had to miss it out as it was too treacherous. Again, we had it lucky! It was windy but the sea was calm. I always thought Cape Horn was attached to the mainland ... read more

South America » Argentina

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more