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We've made it to Punta Arenas to refuel so while we wait I'll continue to post. The short ride to the airport. They held us on the bus while the aircraft before us taxied out to the runway. Then it was time to walk up to the tarmac to our awaiting plane. Row 11 has an excellent view... of the engines. Our plane. I have the row on my side to myself again. With flaps extended my view was somewhat obstructed.
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Shortly after 6am the first group was called. Busses waiting for the short ride to the airport. A final farewell from the crew. It occurs to me the airport can't handle all four aircraft at the same time. My plane hasn't landed yet. A final look back at the Silver Wind. An earlier group prepares to take off.
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Waiting to debark. Four groups this morning, red, yellow, green and purple. There are three guests from the yellow group missing. This has thrown a wrench in the machine and two groups are delayed. My purple group was supposed to debark 20 minutes ago. They’ve just called green.
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Early morning here in Puerto Williams but the weather has cleared and it's too beautiful of a morning to let it go uncaptured.
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Day Nineteen - Debark Chronicle: 6 JAN - DEBARK - Puerto Williams.pdf
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A great last dinner with new friends before one last photo op. The Cloud still hanging out with us but off the pier now.
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The video contained content all captured during this cruise. It was amazing and one of items I love about expedition cruising on Silversea. A USB drive with the video will be left in the cabin during dinner service.
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It's nearly 5pm on board and we are gathered in the Show Lounge for our final recap briefing and a video presentation of our voyage.
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Final position report:
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With that we have arrived at Puerto Williams. The Silver Cloud at the pier. I assume the Captain has a very big credit card. Our fuel barge. Looks like the Cloud is doing crew laundry.
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I'll have to look up this vessel later. More notions of Shackelton swirling in my head. Right in front of me a whale did a full breach. It was magnificent. All I caught with my camera was the splash. This was less than two miles from Puerto Williams.
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Final 360 camera selfies.
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Here are some photos from the channel near Puerto Williams. We departed in darkness so we missed this on day one. It's very pretty. You can't park there.
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I had a brief discussion with the expedition team leader about capacity. He indicated this cruise was well within the team's capacity to manage and even the 245 next cruise was not a concern for him.
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Somewhere off in the distance in this vicinity was Cape Horn. Land ahead of us. Looking back to the Drake Passage. Chilean Dolphins. We've reached the pilot station for Puerto Williams. New ETA to Puerto Williams is now 3:30pm. These fur seals seemed to be just goofing around with each other.
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Noon update: We've come full circle or nearly so. My boarding pass for the charter flight back to Santiago was dropped off this morning. Window seat on the left side. My luggage is packed and I made it under the 23 kg weight limit.
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Day 18 Chronicle: 5 JAN - At Sea and Puerto Williams Chile.pdf
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Day Eighteen - Drake Passage and Puerto Williams Position report: Balcony observations: The seas have settled considerably and most of the ship's motion is gone.
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Just before bed our position:
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In the early evening the Captain hosted us in the main theater for some final words. As well as a parade of the crew.
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Information posted for our consumption:
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I imagine every trip is different and unique. Expedition cruising is all about what you make it. I am confident your experience will be equally great.
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Our position using the windy.com swell forecast.
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Photo statistics: 14,235 pictures and/or video clips captured 781.21 GB on disk 1,960 images processed for posting. Photos have been reduced to 1,200 maximum pixel width to make them easier to upload over ship internet.
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The Silver Wind has a complimentary laundrette on deck four forward. It's a compact space with 3 sets of washers and dryers. There are complimentary laundry pods available containing powdered laundry soap compatible with the ship's bioengineering systems. The trick is finding time when 200+ other guests are also vying for laundry resources.
