After passing the narrows, we traversed the long Seno Aguila fiord. Along the way we picked up Javiera, a PhD and head of the Wildlife Conservation Society and, dropped off supplies to students studying the inland Black Browed Albatros nesting colony. Before leaving, I had watched a couple documentaries about this colony. Being so far from the open sea, this is a unique colony. Javiera gave a presentation on the ongoing research at the Society, her University, Karukinka National Park.
By now we were seeing lots of birds including swimming penguins, albatross, condors, petrels, terns, kelp goose, oystercatchers, and kelp gulls. Our Nat Geo photographer in residence, had given a talk on how to take bird pictures - starting with the futility that comes with attempting to. Thus far, I have a lot of sky with occasional blurred spots.
The head of the fiord had several, small, lush islands. They were covered with Southern Beech tree forests. While we could get somewhat out of the fiord winds, rain gear was necessary for all who boarded the zodiacs. I found it impossible to keep the camera lens dry.
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