Today we walked a few Km to try to reach the face of the Agostini Glacier in Cordillera Darwin; named after the Italian missionary and explorer Alberto Maria De Agostini. We had a long walk along the beach before turning onto a narrow track skirting a lagoon, the melt waters from the glacier. The shores of the lake were lined with dense vegetation – daisies, mountain berries, sea thrift, many different grasses, devil’s strawberries and other things I couldn’t identify. The trees were host to a variety of mistletoe, lichens and mosses. It was quite beautiful.
On the edge of this huge mountain range, the valleys that are not filled by sea are covered by glaciers which we could also see capping the high plateau. We had hoped to get right up to the face of the glacier but in the end we weren't able to but it was a glorious vista, tranquil and silent.
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| There was a huge hole between glacier and rock which we wanted to explore but no go. |
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| All too soon it was time to head back to the zodiacs |
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| As much as we wanted to stay exploring it was good to get back to the mothership. |
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