At Sea / Cape Horn
Our morning began 0600 in the morning, latitude 56 degrees 37 minutes south, longitude 067 west. The conditions were overcast with wind coming in from the NW with a wind speed of 12 knots. Guests are up early on the bridge with fresh pastries and coffee delivered by baker Magnus himself. Here are the early birders on the bridge watching giant petrels, shearwaters and albatrosses gliding around the ship. The ship moved steadily with a speed of 14 and a half knots. We expect to be at Cape Horn around 0830 in the morning.
Already at 0730 the winds have increased and we start to see the silhouette of the famous Cape Horn. Large concentrations of sooty-shearwaters are rafting in large numbers. Already, around 0800 we are making our approach to Cape Horn and our guests are out on the deck to take pictures of the famous cliff face. When we are at our closest point our staff member, Eric Guth read a poem by Sara Vial about the forgotten souls of the lost mariners who rounded Cape Horn from all the seas of the world.
After passing the horn we entered the Beagle channel in calm waters with an air temperature around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Many of our guests came out on deck to take in an impression of the rugged, wild landscape of Tierra Del Fuego. Our day towards Ushuaia was filled with presentations from various staff members. At 1700 we picked up our Argentine pilot in order to transit the rest of the Beagle channel. At 2100 we came alongside in Ushuaia and many of our guests got a chance to stroll around the streets of South America’s southernmost city.
