Argentina and Chile -- separated by the serrated peaks of the Andes Mountains -- combine to blanket the southern half of South America; the distance from Chile's northern tip to the southern tail of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego spans almost 4,830km (3,000 miles). And the scope of experience to be found here is no less grand: from the cosmopolitan bustle of Buenos Aires...
Into the Screaming 50s Something happens in the high latitudes around Cape Horn. Eighty-knot williwaws blast down from the surrounding peaks. Thiry-foot waves rear up. Ships are tossed around like ice cubes in a blender. Why embark on a wind-powered expedition in these waters? For one sailor, it's a pilgrimage to the place where his great-grandfather came to grief in 1875—and a chance to comfront the raw power of the sea. Source: Outside
Outside Exclusive Alive survivor Nando Parrado reveals the untold harrowing account of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes and its terrible aftermath Source: Outside
