Ushuaia: The end of the world
March 20, 2010 – 7:12 pmAfter a 4 1/2-hour flight from Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires, my plane headed for its approach into Ushuaia, the largest southernmost city in South America. Out the window, we could see the azure water of the Beagle Channel on the left and the snow-blanketed Andes Mountains on the right. The port of Ushuaia extended to the Andes foothills. For the past century, Ushuaia has been the last destination before reaching Antarctica. The plane tried twice to land from east to west; when it failed both times, the pilot headed for Rio Gallegos, about 200 miles away. When we landed, he apologized and told us we would have to travel to Ushuaia by bus. When Neyton Baltodano, a doctor in Clermont, visited Ushuaia, Argentina, he captured the city's spectacular view of the Andes on camera. Mount Olivia, the scalloped peak on the left, is covered with snow most of the year, as are the Cinco Hermanos ...
