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Created on Monday, 15 February 2010 21:18

A near gale southwesterly wind was blowing all throughout our sea passage from the Falkland Islands down to the entrance of the narrow pass leading to Ushuaia, Argentina. The sea was very rough but the ship’s stabilizers were doing good to give everyone onboard a comfortable ride but of course seasickness bags were placed around most area of the ship just in case anyone would feel throwing out. As the ship advanced inside the channel, the wind totally subsided and almost no wind at all when the ship finally docked at the port of Ushuaia. It’s summer time here but the temperature is a bit more or less similar of that cool and freezing Europe wintry season. At 5 degrees Celsius with very light air blowing from Ushuaia’s snow-capped mountain ranges, winter jackets or wind proof jackets would be very very useful. In my case, I wore them both in addition to my under shirt and uniform.
Ushuaia dates back from the 1870s when the Anglican South American Missionary Society decided to place the archipelago’s first permanent European settlement in this area. Argentina claims part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago where Ushuaia is located while Chile claims the remainder of the islands in the territory.
Ushuaia, Argentina is the world’s southernmost city visited by many cruise ships as well as overland travelers and air passengers. Cruises to the Antarctic mostly started in Ushuaia. Just few hours ago, cruise ships Bremen and Fram left the port of Ushuaia and both were headed down to the Antarctic. Yes, they are heading down except for us which will be leaving in three hours time up north following the route along the magnificent Chilean Fjords where we will be able to see a fantastic view of the glaciers.

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