There is a reason the Chilean Fjords are often called the “Last Frontier.” As we head north toward Puerto Chacabuco, we leave behind the stark ice of the south and enter the lush...

Punta Arenas feels like a place where the world is still being discovered. It isn’t manicured or quiet; it’s a working port town with a deep sense of history and a horizon that never ends. When...

Leaving Ushuaia we entered the Beagle Channel, which is named for Charles Darwin’s ship, tracing in the wake of the HMS Beagle. With Argentina on one side and Chile on the other, we made our way...

Tierra del Fuego isn’t about checking sights off a bucket list; it’s about the feeling of the wind on your face at the edge of the habitable world. It’s raw, unpredictable, and hauntingly...

Of all the milestones on our South American journey, none carries the historical weight of Cape Horn. This jagged rocky point on Hornos Island, part of Chile’s Tierra del Fuego archipelago, is a place...

As we left the Falkland Islands and cruised into a storm, I knew we were going to witness the full Drake Passage/Antarctic experience.  We were told that as we left Port Stanley, the port...