We have been doing a wonderful bit of scenic cruising through the Chilean Fjords, El Brujo Glacier, Amalia Glacier, Canal Sarmiento and the Strait of Magellan.When the ship sailed close to Amalia Glacier a tender was set down in the water and a couple of staff from the ship went in it to take close-up photographs of the glacier but also with the aim of picking up a chunk of glacier ice from the water. They managed - just. Fortunately the small chuck of ice survived the journey back to the ship and was placed on a table in the lido area for everyone to look at (by which time its size had shrunk!).
I asked Paul if I could be allowed to go along and - yes, I was allowed to join the small group that went on the tender. I found it rather funny when one of the engineers leaned over the side of the tender to pick up some ice - it looked as if he was being sick, while staff hung onto his legs and torso! (Almost in the words of ABBA 'being sick is never easy but you had to go....') In actual fact he was quite ok 😄.
I've attached some photographs but they don't really do justice to what we saw.
PHOTOGRAPHS
El Brujo Glacier & Surrounding Fjord
Amalia Glacier & Surrounding Fjords
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| On camera - heading to the tender. |
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| Legs?, anyone? |
View of the Tender From the Ship
Canal Sarmiento - Shipwreck
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