Photos By Location| El Calafate and Perito Merino Glacier | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Lost in the Translation? — The maintainers of Los Glaciares National Park don't like to fool around, and the fines for idiots that stray from the walking paths are quite steep. Nevertheless, people do die, and it happens almost every year. (This is true even after 1988, where it appears they stopped counting. They also appear to have only counted in Spanish.) |
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Big Calving 1 — One of the biggest calvings we saw while there: a pillar that stretched from top to bottom slowly toppled over into the canal, creating a huge splash, spreading as smaller fragments hit the water ahead of the big one. A tour boat cruises through this canal every half hour or so, but thankfully, it doesn't get quite this close (though almost). |
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Big Calving 2 — The largest chunks that hit the water sink, then pop back up, creating the huge waves seen here. |
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Big Calving 3 — As big pieces fall, smaller pieces become freed up and often follow. |
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Lake Argentina — As we head back to El Calafate, we pass by the enormous lake into which all the glacier melt flows, creating the bright milky-white colors of the water. |
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The Road to Chile — The following day, we hop on a bus bound for Puerto Natales just across the border of Chile. This "short" ride was mostly on unpaved roads, and the only sign of civilization along the way — the only thing visible anywhere for miles — was at this combined general store, gas station, hotel, bar, restaurant, gift shop, doctor, and probably travel agency. |
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