Amalia Glacier
Cruising Chilean Fjords & Amalia Glacier January 29, 2020 Good Morning Patagonia! The red dot track is our cruising path to the Amalia Glacier. The purple dots is how we navigated to the Strait of Magallen. Arose with the earlier sunrise of 6:33 AM once again. It was an upper 40 degree morning with rain showers predicted a rather gray looking beginning to the day. So as not to miss any of the scenic fjord cruising we had breakfast at Mamsen's and planted ourselves in the Explorer's Lounge well before many others were up and about. The big event of the morning was the Amalia Glacier where the Jupiter would get right up close to it. The Captain would spend about one hour turning the ship so that everyone could get a good view no matter from what side or end of the ship they happened to be watching. Sue Stockdale, a guest lecturer and polar explorer, would provide intermittent commentary. We had been traveling through the outerm...