Punta Arenas, an air of end of the world... The invigorating air and the specific house architecture of this bit of earth cheer us up with positive thoughts. However, when our brain reminds us that we put the foot down in Patagonia, the story changes. An area which made and still makes dream explorers' and travelers' generations, thirsting after huge spaces and pristine nature. In the past and for the first time, that's here an illustrious portuguese seafarer, Fernand de Magellan, sailed the strait which bears his name. New navigation ways were opened up. It was in 1520, five caravels left Europe on behalf of the Spanish crown, only one will come back, succeeding in the first round-the-world trip and opening up the destiny of number of seafarers' generations. Fascinating stories and incredible legends dealing with the New World. The illustrious seafarer won't come back from this trip, he will be murdered on the way back. However, his legacy was and is still great. The southernest Chilean province - XII - bears the name of Magallanes (Magellan in Spanish) and Punta Arenas is the capital. Its people display their own flag showing a strong attachment at their roots ; this flag represents the south cruce drifting over a mountain range. The Magellan strait or more precisely the canal is here, facing our eyes, just a bit of water filled with history. An arm of the sea which saw hundreds of thousands of ships since its discovery. For the last centuries, Punta Arenas enjoyed a quick development before the making out of the Panama canal ; it was a matter of class call before sailing up along the Pacifique coast of Spanish America. According to the people we met, nobody adviced us to come here because of the cold, the wind, the rain... Whatever the people say, we wouldn't exchange our place, even for several thousands of Pesos.