My first trip to Patagonia was in 2004, when I visited some friends at their estancia in Chile. We flew over the Andes and saw some of the remotest settlements in Patagonia and I got a chance to grasp the immensity, and the undeveloped nature of South America as well as the sheer beauty and dramatic rugged scenery.

So, when invited a second …

To a sailor, Cape Horn is the Everest of the Oceans. Steeped in tradition and tragedy, The Cape is undoubtedly the proving ground of shipping and endurance over the years. So to see the Cape on a beautiful March day, was a dramatic moment to say the least. The ship's boats were lowered for what would be the first of countless times. Designed to …