Once Upon a Time I sailed around Cape Horn

This trip marked the final corner of a year in which I traveled to the four corners of the Western Hemisphere. In July I was in Coldfoot, Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle. In February, it was the Virgin Islands. In October it was Hawaii.

It began in Buenos Aires and included a stay at a sheep ranch El Galpon del Galciar in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares where I watched sheep being sheered and spent a day hiking the Perito Moreno Glacier. 

From there, I crossed over into Chile and spent the next few days at EcoCamp in Torres del Paine National Park exploring Lake Nordenskjold,  Salto Grande, and Grey Glacier.

The small city of Punta Arenas was next. It calls itself the southernmost city in the world. Here I boarded the Mare Australis , and spent the next three days exploring Tierra del Fuego and the channels and islands of the Magellan Straits.

Finally, we sailed, around Cape Horn where we were able to disembark, and then up to Ushuaia. which also calls itself the southernmost city in the world.

One note: This part of South America looked more like I expected Alaska to look than much of Alaska looked.