Monday, January 12, 2009

The Beagle Channel

Heading east deeper into the Beagle Channel and Punta Arena tomorrow.





Because of the season, the height of their summer and not global warming, the glacier is melting. The captain of the ship announced that there is very little run-off earlier in the day; only late afternoon and early evening is this much volume of water seen plummenting into the Channel because of the accumulated heat in the glacier during the day.




Notice the icebergs between the far ship and edge of the mountains. Now go back to the last post (remember, I warned you to pay attention)and note the size of the smaller ship at the dock. Now calculate how big those icebergs are . . .










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