Cape Horn
(in Chile > Tierra Del Fuego)
Worth visiting!
got within 5 nautical miles... — 4 months ago
Our cruise ship rounded Cape Horn en route to Ushuaia from the South Shetland islands. We were expecting a call from the Chilean Coast Guard warning us to stay at least 12 nautical miles away, but we got within 5 nautical miles of it and still no word from them. As we turned to head towards the tip of Argentina, they belatedly radioed us and asked for some basic info about the ship. The only explanation we have, perhaps, is that it was New Year´s Day and perhaps they´d had an exciting night before?
In any case, fun fun to see a piece of history! (and no, the water was not that rough – at least not any rougher than the rest of the Drake Passage!)