Monthly Archives: January 2013

Our first full day in Patagonia. Here, we make the dash down to Ushuaia, the furthest-south city on the South American road network. An old bridge at sunrise. The deck is entirely missing; a helpful sign points out that the bridge is, indeed, deteriorated. Fog in Garibaldi Pass, between Tolhuin and Ushuaia. The kaiken, or upland goose. They are almost always seen in pairs. I took this photo in infrared, [...]

Having landed successfully in Punta Arenas, Chile, we hit the road to Ushuaia, Argentina – the southernmost part of the continent accessible by road. A brand-new section of road striping – and a cutout route marker. Chile uses cutouts everywhere. Plenty of ships pass through the Straits of Magellan. Some don’t. This is the Amadeo, wrecked in 1932. Behind it is the Ambassador, which has been sitting there since 1899. [...]