Viking Jupiter
Some of you may be wondering what ship we were sailing on throughout South America. Well, it was the Viking Jupiter, and I thought I...
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Mar 16, 20232 min read
Buenos Aires – Bright Colors & Mausoleums
Leaving Montevideo, Uruguay, and sailing west through the mouth of the Plata River brings us to Buenos Aires. The city's name means...
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Mar 14, 20233 min read
Six Mounts from the Sea - Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, is located at the southern tip of the country and due east of Buenos Aires, Argentina (where we will...
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Mar 10, 20232 min read
Puerto Madryn – Day of Tuxedos
Nestled on a sheltered harbor facing the Golfo Nuevo, Puerto Madryn is Argentina’s second-largest fishing port. In the mid-19th century,...
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Mar 8, 20232 min read
Falkland Islands – Home to Penguins, Sheep, and a Few People
Today we feature the Falkland Islands, the British Territory three hundred miles east of the tip of South America. We land in Stanley,...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
Rounding Cape Horn, South America
Today we rounded the southern tip of South America - Cape Horn, named by a Dutch navigator for his hometown, Hoorn in the Netherlands. ...
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Mar 4, 20232 min read
The End of the World – Ushuaia, Argentina
The screeching of steel wagons, as the locomotive moves forward, wakes up the disturbing white landscape that surrounds us. Outside, the...
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pswartz
Mar 3, 20233 min read
A visit to a Patagonia Ranch - Punta Arenas, Chile
Founded as a penal colony by Chile in 1848, Punta Arenas (meaning Sandy Point) grew by virtue of its location. It sits right in the...
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pswartz
Mar 2, 20232 min read
Amalia Glacier - Patagonia Chile
Today we are sailing in the Chilean Fjords toward the southern tip of South America. Sometimes called Skua Glacier, Amalia is a...
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pswartz
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Puerto Montt – a Little Germany in South America
Today we are in Puerto Montt, located about two-thirds of the way south in Chile. This is in the Lake Region of Patagonia which has...
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Feb 26, 20232 min read
Kicking off our Viking South American Cruise
We will be on the Viking Jupiter for the next 18 days sailing from Santiago, Chile south through the Chilean Fjords, around the horn of...
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