Amalia Glacier
We sailed for another 20 hours north through the Chilean fjords until we reached the tidewater glacier Amalia located in the Bernando O'Higgins National Park on the edge of the Sarmiento Channel. The weather was uncooperative giving us poor visibility and low hanging clouds. We strained our eyes attempting to see where this gigantic glacier met the sea. This 13-mile long glacier originates in the Southern Patagonia Ice Field. From 1945 to 1986, its terminus retreated 4.3 miles, the most dramatic retreat of any glaciers of this ice field during that period.