Sleeping Beauties: Wake series

"Cartographers call blank spaces on a map Sleeping Beauties" -Annie Dillard
Macduff and I traveled on a small wooden fishing boat manned by captain Roberto and his first mate Enrique, along with a two friends who live in Puerto Natales, Chile, Governor Max Salas of Last Hope Province and his wife Sandra. For five nights in the Patagonian winter of 2011 we explored the fjords, glaciers, islands, and fishing grounds.

The wooden and metal craft—small but seaworthy—on which we traveled belied the ample storage capacity available in its niches and cubbies. We laid out sleeping bags on wooden slats below deck... Read More...