Travel Notes | The Farthest South – Antarctica (1) – The End of the World

2018-12

The end of the world ——Argentina, Ushuaia (Ushuaia)

Everything in Ushuaia has been given the title "The end of the world" by the young people, the station at the end of the world, the restaurant at the end of the world, and the stranger at the end of the world. It seems that everything has reached an end, a desperate situation, the end or the starting point. Standing at the end of the world, in the endless distance, there is another wonderful world.

This is our first stop on our way to Antarctica

Like all ends, it must have been a bitter and cold place where prisoners were exiled.

Mr. Drake, pirate stories are always so attractive. Not only did he use his private ship to defeat the Spanish Armada, the overlord of the seas at that time, he also completed the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and opened up a new route for the British Empire. Since then, Britain has gradually replaced Spain as the maritime overlord, and Drake has been named Lord of England, reaching the highest peak in the history of piracy .

Over the long years, there are many stories, just like a dream. This name will be passed down from generation to generation because of the blessing of the rough strait.

In the Yamana language of the local indigenous tribe, Ushuaia means " a bay that goes deep to the west " , " a beautiful bay " meaning, the Beagle Channel forms a large bay here. Set sail from Ushuaia and cross the Drake Passage. The 800 kilometers can be reached in two days. It is an indispensable supply base for Antarctic expeditions. Therefore, Ushuaia is an ideal starting point for expeditions to Antarctica. and supply base.

The longest intercontinental highway in the world - Pan-American Highway 3, which runs through North and South America at the southern end. The Pan-American Highway starts from Alaska in the United States in the north, passes through Canada and the western United States, passes through Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, and Chile in Central and South America, and ends in Tierra del Fuego in Argentina in the south, with a total length of 47,515 kilometers. The southernmost sign is a sign composed of six wooden boards. The meanings from top to bottom are: National Park, Tierra del Fuego, La Pataya Bay, Argentine Republic, the end of National Highway No. 3; from Buenos Airi 3,079 kilometers away from Alaska; 17,848 kilometers away from Alaska.

The trees here are blown like this. The fierce westerly wind is really not fun at all.

Tierra del Fuego in the miserable wind and rain. When Magellan's fleet came here, they saw the Indians on the shore surrounded by smoke. They were so dizzy by the west wind that they thought they were volcanoes, so they named the island Tierra del Fuego. The southernmost point is the famous Cape Horn, which travels from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Before the construction of the Panama Canal, it could only be circumvented here. Tierra del Fuego belongs to Argentina to the east and Chile to the west. It is truly the end of the world.

The post office at the end of the world is not open today. This post office is famous, and its unique location attracts tourists from all over the world every day. What's even more interesting is that it has been given a character: a 80 An old man in his 60s founded a post office after retirement. He has a bad temper and can come or go as he pleases. Tourists with thick eyebrows and big eyes will give him a stamp, while those with shifty eyebrows and sneers will be kicked out. Isn't this a good story? It can be made into a movie: Put a knife in the drawer, it's "New Dragon Inn". Boil a pot of coffee on the stove, it's "Midnight Kitchen".

The climate here is unpredictable, with sand and rocks blowing sometimes and sunshine shining brightly at other times. It is midsummer here now. At the foot of the snow-capped mountains, colorful huts are surrounded by fairy spirit. The sun shines three times in one morning and it snows four times. I wanted to go to the beach to bask in the sun, but the strong summer wind blew me from the civilian dock to the military dock.

I wanted to get closer and see the scrap metal of the Argentine Navy. The wind on the beach was so strong that I couldn’t stand still. I was afraid that it would blow past me and make me unable to walk back, so I quickly went into a small street to shop.