March 7th.

A morning travelling up the Beagle channel towards the open sea and then, we thought,  a right turn into the Garibaldi fjord. But the ship headed straight out into open waters for an extra 90 minutes before doing an about turn and backtracking to the Garibalsi fjord . Why??-to discharge dirty water. . Jackie gave a talk on  the indigenous people of this region. After an early lunch we put all our extra layers on in preparation for a zodiac cruise to the Garibaldi Glacier; 5 minutes later that cruise was cancelled due to gusty winds- to us it looked calmer than the conditions the previous year in Svalbard where we were disembarked, plus luggage, in  rotten weather!!. Anyway we sat out on the back deck for a while before listening to Mila speaking about Augustine, an Italian missionary who.came out here  in the early 1900s. Afternoon tea. Then typed this diary

Plan B -due to the failure of the Garibaldi  zodiac cruise was to visit a nother fjord in the Agostini National park. So at 5pm we arrived at the Pia East glacier, and not only did we get the promised zodiac cruise but were also able to land, and to walk over rocks to get very near to one  side of the glacier. Saw some steamer ducks taking off .

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`¡It was almost 7 by the time we got back to the ship, so got changed and then went down to the bar for our cocktails and canapes