End of the World and the Drake

Arrival in Ushuaia was slightly delayed due to some problems, or just something they messed up which is quite usual here in Argentina from what I am stating to understand.
The boat was to leave the day after they asked us to come to the Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, and this could easily be because they know there will be delays comming down here quite often.
Small airport and a small city, usually means that there's not much to do, and this was no exception.

The foxes didn't say much though...

The ship was flagged from Nassau, not the most seen flag

Getting the missing pieces of your travelling gear, or even getting a full new gear if you had none with you or your luggage got lost would be easy here, but expensive.

I quickly befriended a Canadian couple and we decided to go to the nationalpark on a halfday trip the next day, with the boat(s) leaving approx 16-17, these trips was probably set up to match the Antartica travelers perfectly.
We were very lucky and got a great guide which made a trip that could've been a bit boring very interesting and fun.

At about 13-14 we were delivered in the city (or we could be sent to the hotel), but as written earlier there wasn't really much to do here. The street closest to the canal was mostly seafood resturants, and the secondary street was mostly travel gear and a few resturants.
After some checkin we got our cabin and headed out the Beagle canal and then off to cross the dreaded Drake.
Our crossing went surprisingly smooth, we were followed by a few albatrosses and there were some whale- and dolphin sightings, but nothing compared to what's to come.
Time was mostly spent listening to lectures about the birds, animals, rock, ice formations and other things we might see when we get there, well this and eating...