perito moreno

ice in action

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March 23rd 2007
Our first tast of the ice of Patagonia was the Perito Moreno glacier, famous to some because it is one of the very few that is not shrinking, famous to others because of spectacular breakoffs and ruptures of the ice as it grinds into a peninsula just below its face. I never knew ice could be so blue. Glazcier somehow inspire in me this feeling of the endlessness of time, and the aliveness of the ... 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