Glacier Alley, Chilean Fjords, Patagonia

Here we are down at the tip of South America and our ship is making its way north. Leaving Ushuaia on our way up to Chile, we cruised through Glacier Alley. It is along a 150-mile-long strait known as the Beagle Channel, described by Charles Darwin during his adventures on his ship, The Beagle. Glacier Alley is a shorter section of the channel that showcases 5 tidewater glaciers, named after European countries. These massive blue glaciers flow from the Darwin Icefield in Southern Patagonia.

It was very, very windy and cold and then the high winds and rain set in. We were able to capture one or two glaciers from high up on the ship but once the high winds kicked in, we were kicked out but the crew. Not safe to be up that high. It was truly windy. So, we retreated to a friend’s cabin with a balcony where we could see quite a bit and even looked for wildlife along the way. Unfortunately, none here today. My opinion? Too cold and windy!

*These little waterfalls were everywhere*

The 5 glaciers are named after European countries as a nod to the home of the 19th-century explorers who mapped out the region. The names are Holanda (Holland); Italia (Italy); Francia (France); Alemania (Germany); and Romanche, which isn’t actually a country but the name of a boat. Hopefully I named all of these correctly.