2025_26 Oosterdam, Chilean Fjords & El Brujo Glacier...

On our route north to the Puerto Chacabuco we entered the Chilean Fjords, the fjords of Chilean are heralded as one of the most rugged and untamed places on earth. Cruising along the Sarmiento Channel we encountered breathtaking scenery through the network of glacier-carved waterways, offering towering cliffs, waterfalls, and stark Patagonian landscapes. The channel is shallow in some spots and this was obvious when we passed the Santa Leonor shipwreck. For the ship to be able to continue sailing in the Chilean Fjords, we needed to sail through Summer Pass. Summer Pass is a narrow shallow passage which our vessel can only pass in a very limited tidal window because it's only 8 meters deep. We arrived at about noon and had at 2.2 (6 feet) meter of water under the keel. The weather today was not the best with rain, overcast skies and cold.  Early this evening we passed the El Brujo Glacier famous for its blue ice wall…It was raining and windy.  We have another day at sea cruising the Chilean Fjords before reaching Puerto Chacabuco…hoping for sunny weather as we head north.