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Cold winds and freezing rain made for a challenging ride into the mountains. But everyone was cheerful.
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Cold winds and freezing rain made for a challenging ride into the mountains. But everyone was cheerful.

  • Lago Grey, at the south end of the Southern Patagonian ice field, is fed by the Grey Glacier.
  • Blue ice sculptures on Lago Grey have broken away from the Grey Glacier.
  • Blue ice sculptures appear surreal.
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  • Standing against strong winds coming off the Grey Glacier and the Lake .
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  • Granite is topped by shale on the jagged Horns of Paine, about 12 million years old.
  • Our guide, Marcielo, with Dean Copeland from Atlanta.
  • Gauchos, some local, others imported. (It was hard to take photos on horseback. Gaucho saddles are neither Western nor English; they are covered with sheepskin.)
  • Cold winds and freezing rain made for a challenging ride into the mountains. But everyone was cheerful.
  • A gaucho takes a break with a drink of maté.
  • Maté, an herbal drink, prepared in a pumpkin gourd.
  • A gaucho's view of Puerto Natales on Seno Última Esperanza ("Last Hope Fjord")
  • Fisherman's Wharf, Chilean style, in Puerto Natales. Fishing here is for a variety of fish and crab.
  • A family of Black-necked Swans in Seno Última Esperanza.
  • Magellanic Penguins on the Strait of Magellan.
  • Adult Megellanic Penguin on the Strait of Magellan. We were on the way to Punta Arenas for the flight to Santiago. This was about 53 degrees South, the furthest south we traveled.
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