Monday, February 24, 2020 – At sea visiting the Amalia Glacier
The Amalia is 1 km across 1/6 size of the size of Pio XI we shall see tomorrow. We arrived late afternoon in fog and drizzle. It was discernible, but not spectacular. Slowly the clouds / fog lifted and we were able to get a glimpse of the ice sheet. It is some 40 meters thick and the ice melting is about 100 years old. It travels relatively fast 2 meters a day.
We attended Jeff Clark’s (the other 9th Floor bow wildlife educators) lecture on nocturnal animals. He had a great story and pictures of wildlife from all over the world that are awake during the night. He was followed by the other 8th Floor naturalist Anthony Bandreth, who explained that he was actually a botanist, despite giving lectures in animal life, and spoke on human relation with exploitation of plants. Richard Cowley the cultural historian gave an interesting lecture on the Gaucho (a free-riding cattle-header, independent, roaming) wild horseman of the Pampas / plains.
The port lecture on Arica, Chile was also very informative.
The evening performance was the very talented and amusing Michael Minor – A ventriloquist, singer and impressionist.
Roger & Anne Travels 