More glaciers today after a bit of a rocky ride in the middle of the night that splashed water onto our deck as we just went past the outer edge of the Pacific Ocean. We had a zodiac cruise today to Vergara Glacier which is also named Condor Glacier or Aguilar Glacier. Most of the glaciers have more than one name- some are native, some are common and some are on the map. It’s very confusing to try to mark the route on a map to show the glaciers we visited are since the names don’t necessarily agree with what is listed on our itinerary.
We had gone to the Vergara Glacier on the prior cruise so it was fun to see it a bit later in the season and with different lighting. We took the zodiac and landed on the rocky beach and then were allowed to walk to the glacier and into the forest. Tibor went into the forest but I walked to the glacier. I love having the mud boots so I don’t have to worry about crossing the streams and walking in the mud. On the way back to the zodiac it was fun to see a number of small birds in the forest along the beach. One of them the xx was the focus of a presentation later where they found a new species in a group of islands off of Cape Horn.
In the afternoon we took another zodiac ride to two glaciers- Pupupo and xx. We had just entered the zodiac and left the ship when we were excited to see a humpback whale. It was a beautiful glacier.
