November 24
Still in Punta Arenas: went to a beautiful old mansion that the Braun-Menendez family donated to the City and has been turned into a museum. The furniture is lovely French Provincial stuff. It was surprising to see it in the middle of nowhere! This museum reminded both of us of the Biltmore House in Ashville, North Carolina. There were some people who made a great deal of money in this part of the world.
On leaving Puna Arenas we backed down the Strait of Magellan into the Beagle Channel. This was a stark, icily beautiful channel with tidewater glaciers to the east. There are five named glaciers that very, very blue. There were no birds visible and the glaciers are calving into the channel. We sat in the Crowsnest Lounge which has a 210 degree view. It stretches the mind to try and imagine the Beagle sailing through this channel in its exploratory voyage nearly 200 years ago.
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