Laguna San Rafael
Today we sailed the last 30 miles south to Laguna San
Rafel, the glacier Ventisquero San Rafael is the southern hemisphere's northernmost
tidal glacier. It is part of the Patagonian Icecap, and is 30-80
km wide, the height is about 2000 meters. We had really bad weather so
circumstances were not the best. But when we fought our way through the
last channel in the countercurrent and came into the lagoon, we met a beautiful and
unusual sight. There were lots of icebergs floating around, great blue and
turquoise colors and at one end of the lagoon the glacier made its appearance,
going right down into the water. We felt very small in comparison with the ice,
the icebergs and the entire lagoon.
A fantastic experience, but cold.
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