“I am the albatross that waits for you at the end of the world.
I am the forgotten souls of dead mariners who passed Cape Horn from all the oceans of the earth.
But they did not die in the furious waves.
Today they sail on my wings toward eternity, in the last crack of Antarctic winds.“
-Sara Vial
Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of Tierra del Fuego and marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage. As we approached the infamous Cape Horn in the morning, the sun started to shine, and the fog lifted. We were gifted good views of the lighthouse and the albatross sculpture monument, which pays homage to the sailors who perished as they attempted to round Cape Horn. The monument is accompanied by the above poem by Sara Vial.
