This morning we arose at 5:15am to begin to bundle up for the sights ahead. As we continue to move south the temperature, as you would imagine, is dropping and this morning was particularly wet. We walked onto the open deck at about 5:45am as the ship entered viewing range of the islands surrounding Cape Horn.
We arrived at Cape Horn as the sun began to rise just after 6am. The weather was fairly overcast with a bit of precipitation, but the water was surprisingly calm for the region. With the precipitation it became difficult once a gain to keep the lens dry.
We spent approximately an hour and a half in Cape Horn to observe the lighthouse there that is commonly believed to be the southern most lighthouse in the world, but is actually the 2nd southern most lighthouse. However, I don’t believe the other one is inhabited.
There is a small (to my standards) family with 3 children that lives in the lighthouse 6 months a year.
Leaving, the ship had to go through the Drake passage where the Pacific and Atlantic ocean meet, and is known to be particularly rough waters. Today however, as previously mentioned, was unusually smooth sailing.
We now continue to move south and should be in Antarctica tomorrow.
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