Argentina – Ushuaia
Gateway to the Antarctic
Expedition ships to Antarctica depart from here, the southernmost town in the world..
El Fin del Mundo
Those are the southernmost Andes, north of town.
Cilene del Faro
A newly renovated hotel in Ushuaia. Rooftop views and great food.
Ushuaia Hospital.
A new restaurant in town.
This old movie theater is now an information office.
Worker housing
This is year-round accommodation for the locals.
The Waterfront
This calm stretch of water is the Beagle Channel, separating Ushuaia from the uninhabited Magellanic islands of southernmost Chile. The colorful wrappings on the railing are to prevent your hands from freezing if you need to grab it when the wind rises.
The Waterfront
A Patagonian duck.
Looking south across Beagle Channel to the Chilean islands.
Theyacht club.
The marina.
The Presidio
This old prison is now a museum. Prisoners here built most of the earliest construction and infrastructure in Ushuaia, in a time when Argentina as initially trying to establish a claim on this distant territory.
This corridor of the museum is kept in its original state to show the conditions the prisoners lived under.