Friday, February 17, 2012

Glacier Alley & the Straight of Magellan

This morning we set the alarm very early for vacation time, 6AM, to see the glaciers of the Chilean fjords and the Strait of Magellan. We cruised slowly for about 3 hours past the glaciers named for the countries of their discoverers... Espana, Alemania, Francia, Italia, y Hollanda, plus one named for their ship, which is melting into a waterfall (pictured). Incredible scenery! Yesterday in Punta Arenas we saw a replica made to scale of Magellan's ship, hardly bigger than a playground ship, and decided the explorers had to be at least 50% crazy to navigate these waters with their technologies...

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