Sunday, November 29
Arrival 12:46, Departure 20:03
Cloudy skies, Good visibility
6ºC/42.8ºF. Wind: South-Westerly 28 knots
Ushuaia was founded in 1816 and the first permanent residents were Anglican missionaries who established an outpost in 1869. Located on the Beagle Channel over 3,000 km south of Buenos Aires, Ushuaia is also known as Fin del Mundo – end of the world – because it is the world’s southernmost city. In 1979, Chile and Argentina almost went to war over three nearby islands in the Beagle Channel. Finally the matter was presented to the Pope for arbitration and he ruled in favor of Chile. From 1911 to 1947, the town housed a prison for dangerous criminals and political prisoners. Most of the town worked for the prison; prisoners cut firewood for the town’s generator, baked the bread for the town, built their own prison and many of the buildings in town, and built a railroad.
Seafood restaurants feature spider crab and other restaurants feature Argentine beef, sides of which could be seen cooking on wood fires through the windows. Churches are painted with colorful murals and murals are also used to discourage graffiti. The shops are colorful and have many beautiful figurines carved out of a local pink quartz. We walked around the city and then took a local tour bus, visiting the famous prison (now a naval base and museum) and the airport where commercial flights began in 1948. 
