The Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Today I took a boat trip out on the Beagle Channel south of Ushuaia, seeing many sealions, cormorants and even caught a lucky glimpse a few penguins in the water. After the trip, went out for dinner with the international contingent from the trip, some Canadians, an American and a German. The American girl, Heather, had an interesting Suunto watch for hiking, with heartbeat measurement, barometer, and even an electronic compass. When I questioned how the compass setting worked she thought out loud "I don't know what the Magnetic Deviation is here", the first time I've heard anyone concerned about the local magnetic deviation. She is a pilot in her spare time, so I guess that has something to do with it.

Konrad, the German, came up with a good translation of a Spanish Phrase, "The World is a Tissue". See if you can figure out what it means!