Sacramento only 11,298 km to the left.
Punta Arenas' cemetery is the #1 tourist attraction on Trip Advisor.
Distantly related to the ostrich and emu
The female lays the eggs, and the male takes care of the chicks. Rheas can't fly, but they can run thirty miles an hour.
We could hardly stand in the wind.
Three miles in the rain in Torres del Paine to a spot where indigenous people had left painted hand prints on the cliff.
In between raindrops we ate our bag lunches, treated by flocks of flamingos flying in the distance.
We awakened to the first snow of the season on the nearby peaks.
Mother and child reunion.
On this hike we were taught to go to one knee to prevent the 100 mph wind gusts from knocking us over.
Argentine Independence Day (Spanish: Día de la Independencia) is always celebrated on 9 July and marks the independence of Argentina from Spain which was declared on 9 July 1816.
With the crack of what sounds like a gunshot huge parts of glaciers break off and fall into the surrounding water. If you're fortunate enough (I was) it happens right in front of you when you're holding your camera right at that part of the glacier.
With only 10" of soil the roots of the trees spread out, not down.
Ushuaia was founded as a prison town. Prisoners had a choice of remaining in their cells or cutting trees for the stoves that heat the prison.
Liners stop here for one day before sailing around Cape Horn.
Just standing on the deck before embarking and taking it all in.
593 Miles from Antarctica
This sculpture of an albatross memorializes the 10,000 men who perished in the 800 shipwrecks around Cape Horn. Sailors respected this beautiful bird, believing that the souls of departed sailors lived inside the albatross.
One year commitment at the end of the world.
The land surrounding the glaciers was lush and impenetrable.
Disembarking at 7 am at Magdalena Island to visit the Magellan penguins.
Stepping off our flight from LA I was struck by the face of this man. He had nothing to do with the trip. I don't stop shooting because the trip is over.