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The part of the Fjord that we cruised is called the Larsen Arm and we went to its end,

which was shaped like a huge cirque. Hanging in the ending horseshoe was a glacier

with an enormous translucent blue cave at its foot suggesting that calving might be

imminent. We did not get very close to its mouth just in case. Many large and small

bergie bits were floating in the fjord as well which made it clear that these large

formations do break off and float free. Each one of them is a work of nature’s own art

too. The color in the ice is magical and almost incredible. Our Zodiac ride was about

an hour and it was a real highlight for Kay & I since we had not enjoyed that

experience before.

On coming out of the Fjord, we started back around the South Georgia’s coast,

hoping that perhaps conditions at Gold Harbour would have changed enough now to

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