8 Izinto Okuzokwenziwa eKapa Horn

Ukuvakashela Ekupheleni Kwezwe, eKapa Horn

I-Cape Horn itholakala e-Tierra del Fuego eziqhingini eziqhingini eziseduze kweNingizimu Melika lapho kuhlangana khona i-Atlantic ne-Pacific Ocean. Ngokuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi "ukuphela kwezwe" ngoba isimo sezulu ngokuvamile sivunguvungu futhi amagagasi aphakeme kakhulu kangangokuthi imikhumbi ibonakala isondela emaphethelweni omhlaba. ICape Horn yabizwa ngokuthi idolobha laseHoorn eNetherlands.

Emakhulwini e-19 nangama-20 okuqala, imikhumbi ye-clipper yahamba ngeCape Horn lapho ihamba khona phakathi kweYurophu ne-Asia. Izivunguvungu ezivame kakhulu neziphepho esifundeni kwenza ukuba imikhumbi eminingi yezilwandle iqhumeke eziqhingini ezinamadwala, kanti izinkulungwane zafa ngomzamo wazo wokudlula iKapa Horn. Laba basolwandle ababuyele ekhaya ngokuphepha bavame ukutshela izindaba ezishaqisayo zokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo eKapa.

Kusukela ngo-1914, imikhumbi eminingi yokuhamba nemikhumbi isebenzisa iPanama Canal ukuwela phakathi kwezilwandle zase-Atlantic nasePacific. Kodwa-ke, izinhlanga eziningi ze-yacht emhlabeni jikelele zisebenzisa umzila ozungeze iKapa Horn.

Namuhla, iChile inesiteshi sezindiza e-Hornos Island (esibizwa ngokuthi iHoorn Island), esiseduze nendawo lapho i-Atlantic ne-Pacific Ocean ihlangana khona. Imikhumbi emikhulu ehamba ngeCape Horn phakathi kweValparaiso neBuenos Aires yenza indawo ehamba phambili endaweni. Imikhumbi yemikhumbi ehamba ngezinyawo efana neyeHurtigruten ehamba ngendlela eya e- Antarctica noma eduze nePhondo eNingizimu Melika ihamba ngesivinini emahoreni ambalwa esiteshini saseChilean (umoya kanye nesimo sezulu kuvumela). Abagibeli bazo bangena ogwini ukuze bahambe e-Hornos Island babone indawo yokukhanya, isonto, neCape Horn Memorial. Bangakwazi futhi ukusayina incwadi yezihambeli bese bethola ama-passports abo agxilwe, okuyisikhumbuzo esihle sokuvakashela kwabo eKapa Horn.