Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve: an exceptional subantarctic sanctuary
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23 July 2025
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Strait of Magellan : Legendary passage between the oceans
At the heart of Chilean Patagonia stretches one of the planet’s most emblematic sea passages: the Strait of Magellan. This 570-kilometre natural waterway, separating continental Patagonia from Tierra del Fuego, forms the main bi-oceanic corridor linking the...
Where is Cape Horn? Location and the Characteristics of a Mythic Geographic Landmark
Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos in Spanish, Kaap Hoorn in Dutch, Loköshpi in the Yaghan language) is far more than just a geographic point. Located at 55°58′ south latitude and 67°16′ west longitude, this rocky promontory at 425 meters above sea level marks the southernmost...
Signs of hope as elephant seals rebound from avian flu in remote Chilean fjord (Mongabay, 04/06/2025)
by Barinia Montoya An outbreak of avian flu in 2023 hammered a colony of southern elephant seals in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region, leading to a 50% decline in its population. But over the 2024-2025 breeding season, the colony’s population recovered, with 33 pups...
The 6th International Muralists Meeting at the End of the World has ended (InfoFueguina, 25/03/2025).
The closing ceremony of "EMUSH 2025" [International Muralists Meeting in Ushuaia] took place in the Niní Marshall Hall of the House of Culture. The eleven participating artists added their works to the more than 350 murals currently found in the city. The Secretariat...
Tamara Klink: imprisoned for eight months by the ice, a freedom like no other (Millet November 28, 2024)
Tamara Klink, with sparkling eyes and a generous spirit, is one of those people who take us along with on their journey, and inspire us to awaken our childhood dreams. In 2024, Tamara Klink, a 27-year-old Brazilian sailor, drops anchor in a deserted Greenland fjord,...
Decision to integrate the autochthonous people into the provincial consultative board of the native forests (Radio Universidad, le 26/8/2024)
The president of the Commission 3 of the Provincial Parliament, Legislator Laura Colazo, conducted a meeting with the indigenous people communities. This is an initiative from the Green deputy to include them in the decision making within the Consultative Commission...
