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who share a tangible connection with those brave and even icebergs. It’s still dangerous for cruise ships
sailors of the past. to circumnavigate the island; just one miscalculation
We were fortunate to have on board Mickey Rich- of winds and currents can spell disaster.
ardson, a knowledgeable and entertaining enrichment Often cruise ships bypass this passage for a safer
speaker whose popular series of port and naturalist route, but we were fortunate that a forecast storm
talks was billed as Mickey Live. Mickey also con- would not arrive until after we passed. Still the seas
tributed glacier by glacier, natural wonder by natural were rough and the winds howling, and Mary and I
wonder commentary as we sailed south. His Cape struggled to keep our footing as we passed by the
Horn observations were a highlight. island and its lighthouse beacon. It was as powerful
These seas have a well-deserved reputation as the an experience as our adventure at Iguazu Falls, but
mariner’s graveyard. The treacherous confluence of this had the element of real danger to add to the thrill
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans triggers hazardous of the moment.
hurricane force winds, large waves, powerful currents,

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