Looking at the picture which accompanies my last entry about failing to go ashore at Cape Horn, you might wonder what all the fuss was about. The sea looks reasonably calm, doesn’t it?
Proof, if it were needed, of how still photographs can be deceptive. To give you an indication of what conditions were like, here are a couple of short videos showing the sea conditions as we headed back towards Ushuaia and the shelter of the Beagle Channel.
Be warned: you’ll need a strong stomach or – like me – be dosed up on Stugeron to watch without uncomfortable side-effects.
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John Honeywell is a travel writer specialising in cruise ships and cruise travel. Winner of CLIA UK's Contribution to Cruise award 2017.
Wow ! That’s a wild ride ! ! !
That looks scary. Hope you made it back in one piece. Imagine what it would have been like in the days of sail. You would not have been protected from the sea behind reinforced glass