We continued our southbound voyage and entered one of the narrowest fjords in Chile: the English Channel. From the bow, our guests watched as the ship executed two sharp 90° turns to navigate the passage. Crossing the mere 1,825 meters that separate its shores, we were silently observed by a statue of the Virgin Mary standing watch from the middle of the channel.

In the afternoon, we sailed through another channel until we reached the vast Pío XI Glacier. Flowing directly from the Southern Patagonian Icefield, Pío XI displayed its brightest shades of blue along a 6-kilometer-wide ice wall. From the ship, we could only marvel at the immensity before us.