If only the world was flat, Ushuaia, (pronounced as u’swaia) the southernmost city of the world would have marked the end of its territory…and, who knows, sailing further south, a little across the Atlantic would have been a usual route to enter the rest of the celestial world. Well, that’s
how quixotic and imaginative this South American city tucked between mountains and the Beagle Channel of the Argentine region, Tierra del Fuego can make you! The magnificent mountain scenery with the channel in the backdrop isn’t merely a feel-good feature but has a functional value of saving Ushuaia from the severe cold as well. While the temperature here has never been so tolerable that one can move freely without clothes, the indigenous inhabitants (Yamanas, now extinct), until the 19th century moved around stark naked in the biting cold to hunt for sea lions and swam in the chilling cold water to catch shellfish. In fact, they would fall sick when they wore clothes at the insistence of the missionaries! Another facet of the recent history, though unpleasant, was the prison built in this far, faraway land where any further journey led to the dead cold of Antarctica. Now a museum – Mueseo Maritimo – this suffocating prison is another example of how most of the virgin places of the world have evidenced some of the most telling tales of human kind.....Continue
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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how quixotic and imaginative this South American city tucked between mountains and the Beagle Channel of the Argentine region, Tierra del Fuego can make you! The magnificent mountain scenery with the channel in the backdrop isn’t merely a feel-good feature but has a functional value of saving Ushuaia from the severe cold as well. While the temperature here has never been so tolerable that one can move freely without clothes, the indigenous inhabitants (Yamanas, now extinct), until the 19th century moved around stark naked in the biting cold to hunt for sea lions and swam in the chilling cold water to catch shellfish. In fact, they would fall sick when they wore clothes at the insistence of the missionaries! Another facet of the recent history, though unpleasant, was the prison built in this far, faraway land where any further journey led to the dead cold of Antarctica. Now a museum – Mueseo Maritimo – this suffocating prison is another example of how most of the virgin places of the world have evidenced some of the most telling tales of human kind.....ContinueSource : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
Read also :-
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