Exploring Patagonia and Antarctica: Viewing Nature's Beauty and Seeing the Destruction of Earth by Mankind

Otto and his wife, Gertrud, had travelled to many places around the world—but by November 2006, they were looking for something different, somewhere out of the ordinary that tourists didn't think of visiting. They set their course for two weeks cruising the fjords in Patagonia before heading even farther south to Antarctica.

Although Otto describes the idyllic beauty of Patagonia and the unique terrain of Antarctica, he learns as well about the mark that humans have left in their wake. In Pa...