retreating glacier had covered all these red/gold rocks 20 years earlier

March 21st 2011
Glacier Hound Glaciers--can I ever get enough of them? I'd fallen in love with these rivers of ice in the Alps and in Alaska and through climbing films, and I longed to walk on one and peer down into a lapis-blue crevasse. Finally, in my beloved El Chalten, I got to sail across a turquoise lake, strap on crampons and walk on the whipped cream peaks of Argentina's largest glacier, Viedma. A ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

6th September 2012

cabochick
Andrea

Now that I have seen the Alaska ones up close, I can see why you find them so appealing! Stunning in fact. Wow.

9th September 2012

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Sun and snow
Sun bunnies can't understand the draw until they've seen one--glad you got to!

17th May 2016

RFillingham
Richard Fillingham

Fabulous shot of awesome nature
What a wonderful photograph. We saw some beautiful glaciers in NZ but didn't get so close. How majestic they are. Shall have to add Argentina to the bucket list!

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