Bahia Ainsworth

We’re within the footprint of the Marinelli Glacier, again, incredibly eerie with the surrounding mountains shrouded in mist

We took a flora walk at the foot of the mountains and spotted a Ringed Kingfisher, identified by Pete, nice one!

Marinelli Glacier is the most beautiful and longest of all. It is the largest of those that spill down from the backbone of Darwin Mountain Range.

After crossing the Magellan Strait, the flight goes into Whiteside Channel, between Dawson Island and Tierra del Fuego, at the southeast entrance of the channel. Here, a body of water called Bahía Inútil, leads to Almirantazgo Sound, along the Darwin Mountains to Ainsworth Bay, a coastal inlet where Marinelli Glacier is located. The enormous ice walls of the Marinelli Glacier are almost 40 meters high.Read more