Excursion from El Calafate, 80kms to the north, to the impressive ice front of Glaciar Perito Moreno. The ice front is very active and calves.
The Perito Moreno Glacier periodicallydams part of the Lago Argentine. We arrived a day after the ice dam burst in March 2012. It burst in the middle of the night much to the chagrin of the assembled photographers who had been waiting all day. Ho
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Location: The Parque Mational Los Glaciares (South) near El Calafate.
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