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jpak

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2. In Punta Arenas Chile, it is customary for Antarctic-bound scientists

Reply to packman (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 01:00 PM

Sep 2017

to "rub the toe" at the Magellan monument for good luck. (the statue is in one of the town squares)

If woe befalls someone at sea or on station, the first comment is always "someone didn't rub the toe".

It's been well rubbed...

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