We see many marine glaciers on our trip through southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Starting with giant Pio X which we observe from the Navimag Ferry, the Glaciar Grey in PN Torres del Paine, Glaciar Pia and a whole "glacier street" consisting of five different glaciers while sailing during the Beagle Channel.The king of glaciars though has to be Perito Moreno, near El Calafate in southern Argentina. This huge glacier flows down 30km from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and ends in Lago Argentina. A wall of ice, 5 km wide and 60 meters high. The glacier advances up to 2 meters a day. We listen to its constant cracking, and witness huge parts of its front collapse and splash into the water, creating floating icebergs and huge waves.
Fotos from Perito Moreno and other glaciers.
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