Iceberg From Upsala Glacier

Would you like some ice with that?

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March 26th 2008
From a base in El Calafate, in southwest Patagonia on the Chilean border, we explored Los Glaciares National Park. The five glaciers we saw there are clustered around the vividly turquoise Lago Argentino, the largest lake in the country. Nothing had prepared us for the spectacle we found there! Though technically inanimate, the glaciers and the massive frozen forms that constantly fall from 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