8 Hana i Cape Horn

E Hele ana i ka hopena o ke ao, Cape Horn

Aiaʻo Cape Horn ma ka mokuʻo Tierra del Fuego o nā mokupuni kokoke i ka hema hema oʻAmelika Hema kahi e hui ai kaʻAkelanika a me ka moana Pākīpika. Ua kapaʻiaʻo ia ka "hopena o ke ao" mai ka wā nui o ka ua a me nā nalu e kiʻekiʻe loa ana e pili ana nā moku i ka palena o ka honua. Ua kapaʻiaʻo Cape Horn no ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Hoorn i Netherlands.

I ka makahiki 19 a me ke kenekulia 20 mau makahiki, ua holo nā moku hoʻopili i Cape Horn ma ko lākou holokai ma waena o'Europa a me'Asia. ʻO nā makani nui a me nāʻino i ka'āina i hoʻonāʻia ai nā moku holo heʻe i nā mokupuni pōhaku, a ua make nā tausani i ko lākou ho'āʻoʻana e hele ma Cape Horn. ʻO kēlā mau luina hoʻi i hoʻi mai i ka home me ka maluhia, pinepine lākou i nā moʻolelo koʻikoʻi no ko lākouʻike Cape Horn.

Mai ka makahiki 1914, ua hoʻohanaʻia nā moku ukali a me nā moku holo moana i ka Canal Panama e hele i waena o ka Moana Pākīpika a me nā Moana Pākīpika. Eia naʻe,ʻo ka nui o nā hui āpau a puni ka honua e hoʻohana i ke ala ma Cape Horn.

I kēia manawa, he pae moku moana ko Chile i Hornos Island (i kapaʻiaʻo Hoorn Island), kahi kokoke i kahi i kū ai ka Atlantic a me ka moana Pākīpika. ʻO nā moku holo moana nui e holo ana ma Cape Horn ma waena o Valparaiso a me Buenos Aires e holoholo ana i ka moana. ʻO kekahi mau holokai holo moana e like me ka Hurtigruten e holo ana a hōʻea paha i Antarctica a iʻole ke kaʻa o ka Hoku maʻAmelika Hema i ka holoʻana no kekahi mau hola i ke keʻenaʻo Chile. Hiki i ko lākou poʻe luina ke hele i uka e hele ma ka mokupuni o Hornos aʻike i ka hale kukui, ka hale pule, a me ka hōʻailona Cape Horn. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻailona i kahi puke a hōʻailona i kā lākou mau passports, a he mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa ia no ko lākou kipaʻana iā Cape Horn.