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A great cape, for us, can't be expressed in longitude and latitude alone. A great cape has a soul, with very soft, very violent shadows and colours. A soul as smooth as a child's, as hard as a criminal's. And that is why we go. [5]
Cape Horn. A Maritime History, by Robin Knox-Johnston. London Hodder&Stoughton ISBN 978-0-340-41527-6; Cape Horn: The Story of the Cape Horn Region, by Felix Riesenberg and William A. Briesemeister. Ox Bow Press, 1994. ISBN 978-1-881987-04-8; Cape Horn and Other Stories From the End of the World, by Francisco Coloane. Latin American Literary ...
Lifeboats could not be safely launched in the rough seas and the ship quickly listed trapping many passengers inside. Of the 952 people on board, 535 perished. Among women and children, only one young boy survived. This incident is credited with starting the “Women and Children First” rule that affected the Titanic disaster decades later ...
The stormy weather and strong currents that the waters around Cape Horn are so famous for also affect the strait. To avoid the risk of being blown against the shore of Tierra del Fuego, sailing ships often instead favour going around to the east of Isla de los Estados.
During the Napoleonic Wars, the British frigate HMS Surprise is ambushed by the French privateer Acheron off the Brazilian coast, suffering heavy damage. After escaping into a fog bank, Captain Jack Aubrey, the commander of Surprise, is informed that Acheron is too powerful and he must return to port.
The delays of the voyage were most keenly felt when the squadron rounded Cape Horn. Weather conditions were atrocious; high sea states and contrary winds meant that progress west was very slow. Added to this was the deteriorating health of Wager ' s crew: the ongoing scurvy outbreak meant few able-bodied seamen were available to work the ship ...
A 107-year-old Chinese woman has left social media users stunned after revealing a massive horn growing from her forehead.. The lady, Chen, has become a sensation on the Asian platform Douyin ...
The Yahgan (also called Yagán, Yaghan, Yámana, Yamana, or Tequenica) are a group of indigenous peoples in the Southern Cone of South America. Their traditional territory includes the islands south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, extending their presence into Cape Horn, making them the world's southernmost indigenous human population.