After we left the Strait of Magellan towards the South Atlantic Ocean, we were heading down
south. Past the legendary Cape Hoorn and towards the infamous Drake Passage. Many on board
were slightly tense at that time, since the moods of the Antarctic Ocean are extremely
unpredictable around here, and storms with gale force can develop in only a short time.
Yet we were lucky - not like the German cruise liner MS Bremen,
that got severely damaged by heavy breakers at exactly the same spot only two days later.
Another few days later they were there: the Antarctic ice fields, unrealistically white and
stretching into infinity. Messengers of the cold and unexplored southern continent.
After we left the Strait of Magellan towards the South Atlantic Ocean, we were heading down south. Past the legendary Cape Hoorn and towards the infamous Drake Passage. Many on board were slightly tense at that time, since the moods of the Antarctic Ocean are extremely unpredictable around here, and storms with gale force can develop in only a short time. Yet we were lucky - not like the German cruise liner MS Bremen, that got severely damaged by heavy breakers at exactly the same spot only two days later.
Another few days later they were there: the Antarctic ice fields, unrealistically white and stretching into infinity. Messengers of the cold and unexplored southern continent.