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Photo 3342: Fin Del Mundo (End of the World)

This view was taken on a brief visit of just a couple of hours to Cape Horn. Notorious for its bad weather I was lucky to have a calm day to land and explore part of the island. This view towards the highest point on the island, which is also its most southerly point from which the island takes its name, was taken overlooking a small bay near a memorial to all the sailors who have lost their lives rounding Cape Horn. The memorial bears a poem by Sara Vial, in Spanish, referring to the albatross, a symbol of good luck to sailors who hoped for luck as they rounded the Horn. The poem is listed below.

I am the albatross that awaits you/At the end of the world./I am the forgotten souls of dead mariners/Who passed Cape Horn/From all the oceans of the world./But they did not die/In the furious waves./Today they sail on my wings/Toward eternity,/In the last crack/Of the Antarctic winds.

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