Ithaka - December 14, 2016

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[password] rachel25
[position] 54 53.991s 070 00.789w
[status] Anchored in Caleta Alakush, Paso Darwin, Isla Chair
Arrived here late this evening after our exciting day visiting the glacier. Hopefully its a good anchorage for the wind is due to increase over night as another front moves in. Its nice to be in an anchorage with a Yamana indian name. So many of the names here are European. Alakush is Yamana for Steamer Duck.
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Ithaka - December 14, 2016

By Ithaka on

[password] rachel25
[position] 54 42.698s 070 14.450w
[status] As close to the glacier as we can get! NE Arm of Seno Ventisquero
Well this is where we had lunch. Hope you can see it on google earth.
I will try to describe the scene but I will undoubtedly not do it justice.
We are in a circular bay at the head of Seno Ventisquero, a sound stretching 12 miles north from the Brazo Noroeaste del Canal Beagle.

Ithaka - December 13, 2016

By Ithaka on

[password] rachel25
[position] 54 48.996s 070 57.258w
[status] Caleta Emilita, N Coast of Canal O'Brien, Isla O'Brien
Nice sail this morning, hard on the wind for the first couple of hours after leaving Isla del Medio. 20-25 knots from the south.....cold, with sunny periods and occasional snow showers. The light on the freshly snow-sprinkled mountains was beautiful, the wind and snow, biting into your face, made you feel really alive, and as we turned west into Canal O'Brien the wind softened as it went aft, and we toasted ourselves with cups of hot cocoa and fruit cake.

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