by Chris | Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
As the ship crept along the Beagle Channel on the approach to “Glacier Alley,” I realized only then that I didn’t know what a glacier looked like. I guess I was expecting something that looked like one of the ice cubes from my freezer, only larger and dirtier. But...
by Chris | Jan 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
At around six-thirty the next morning I woke up to the pitching and the creaking of the ship. We parted our stateroom curtains to reveal a dark, greenish-brownish mass of rock slide past us. Right on schedule, the ship was creeping toward the southernmost part of...
by Chris | Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the rearranged travel schedule, the ship slid into the dock at Ushuaia – the most southernmost city in the world — several hours earlier than planned. This gave us plenty of time to explore the town as well as take a too-brief land tour of Tierra Del...