Punta Arenas



Arrived here late on Tuesday evening just as the protests were in full swing. It was quite bizarre checking into the hotel overlooking the Straights of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego on one side then seeing billowing black smoke coming from the town behind me accompanied by sirens and car alarms and loud bangs. Walking through the town the following day showed graffitied buildings with shutters over windows and the remnants of what had been fires in the roads. There had also been a whole building completely gutted by fire which explained what I saw the previous night.
For me it’s been sorting kit, buying more food then
getting through the tedious business of weighing, bagging and packing each day
of food individually. All of this plus my kit goes to get weighed and loaded
onto the aircraft this morning and then it’s just waiting for the green light.
Word is that conditions are good in Antarctica so hoping there are no delays.
Don’t need any delays as since I’ve been here I must have eaten my body
weight in steak.
Fingers crossed we fly tomorrow……
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Must be a strange environment to use as the springboard into Antarctica. Bet you cannot wait to get loaded and boarded onto the aircraft. I have great faith in your endeavour and seeing the pictures of carefully weighed, sorted and packed rations brings order to the chaos you have witnessed outside on the streets. Bon journee and look forward to further updates from the barren ice-scape of Antarctica.
Thanks Einar- seems a world away from our Greenland adventure!