March 27, 2026: Pia Glacier and Porter Glacier

Today was a day of glaciers. Our first glacier was Pia glacier (we visited it on the first leg too). This time we both opted for the coast excursion so we could spend the entire time watching the glacier hoping to see calving. We did see some small calving and the weather was great. I sat on my stuff sack and was very comfortable. The glacier made lots of noise and clearly bits and pieces were moving around but the only ones we saw moving were pretty small.

For our second glacier, no one went ashore and we all went on zodiacs to cruise up to and view the Porter glacier. On the way back we were so excited to see two Magellanic penguins swimming in the water. A dolphin was swimming and playing around the ship and zodiacs too.

our guide showing us how clear the glacier ice can be
Pia Glacier. Tibor is sitting on the bottom left side waiting for something to fall
Very small glacier calving
Our path on the rocks- the guides said this excursion gets the most injuries because the slippery rocks
The guide is trying to get Tibor to return up to the path
View from our cabin window in the afternoon between visiting Pia Glacier and visiting Porter Glacier
Tibor and Diane on the zodiac in front of Porter Glacier
Porter glacier
close up of the glacier ice
loved the little caps of snow on the mountain peaks
Magellanic penguin on the way back to the ship
dolphin playing near the ship