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SEPARATED WORLDPeople of antiquity believed the world ended some place at the south of continents then known. In a way, they were right. As one is leaving the Drake Pass and the Cape Horn submerges under the horizon at our backs, the world we know is also left behind. It is replaced by a new world, a world were the only trees are the Christmas trees brought by temporary residents, where there are not international borders, where the birds that does not fly wear tuxedoes and those who fly do it like a dive-bomber, where a white blanket covers the landscape and men let their more ecological and his more universal brotherhood facets emerge honestly. Welcome to the Antarctic. Last frontier in more than one sense, the Antarctic is a scientific and ecological treasure that attracts as much as scientists as explorer and travelers. It hides more than one surprise. By one side, in spite of owning the world's biggest reserves of fresh water is the driest continent of them all: the air humidity is very low. On the other hand, in spite of lacking of summits higher than 5,200 meters, the Antarctic is the continent of higher average height above sea level. But one does not come to the Antarctic just to be in the drier or higher continent. One comes because of its incredible beauty. By the experience of being in a pristine environment where man is still just a visitor. To discover that the Antarctic ice is different to that of Patagonian glaciers. To chat with scientists and investigators from many countries, that lives and works neck and neck at their remote bases. And to hobnob with penguins and seals. Chile has several scientific bases here and what is considered the only village at the continent - Villa Las Estrellas- where even live children.. |
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