We got up early (but not early enough to get breakfast) and set off on the hour's drive to the port. It was raining. Picking up our boat, we headed of into lago Argentino in not very nice weather. We were taken to the Spegazzini Glacier, which we got quite close to. It was quite dramatic - the noise that is made when a chunk of ice falls off is quite astounding.
Spegazzini Glacier and ice flow
We then set off for the larger Upsala glacier, passing some pretty impressive icebergs on the way.
An impressive iceberg - on the way
Upsala is slightly different to the others, as the water undermines the face of the glacier and so the ice can break off in the big chunks of icebergs that we see dotted around lago Argentino.
Antarctic Explorer Wiseman in front of an iceberg
Finally, we were set down on land near another glacier-fed lake and walked for a bit (in the rain) to sit and eat our packed lunches with a view (but in the rain).
Lunch with a (damp) view
We then trudged back to the boat (in the rain) and returned to port and to the hotel. We had an early tea and wet to bed. We had to be up early in the morning.
It was nice to see the glaciers, but the whole mass herding of inconsiderate people thing spoiled it a little.
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