Photos of Antarctica, and Ushuaia, El Calafate, and Perito Moreno, Argentina
Date: 02/22/2009
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Pink flamingos, swans, and other water fowl on the Laguna Nimez Reserve on the shores of Lago Argentina.
Date: 02/15/2009
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Rainbow over Lago Argentina
Date: 02/16/2009
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On the ferry on the way to visit the Perito Merino glacier, Patagonia
Date: 02/16/2009
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The north face of the Perito Merino glacier in Los Glaciers National Park, World Heritage Site.
Date: 02/16/2009
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Luis, our guide for the "mini-trekking" tour of Perito Moreno glacier. Note tiny red dot on southern shore of Lago Argentina (to the right of the pointer) is El Calafate.
Date: 02/16/2009
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Luis has to stop his orientation because he cannot compete with the show behind him as the glacier calves, making a big splash.
Date: 02/16/2009
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This is the crampon station where the mini-trekkers get fitted for crampons before entering onto the glacier.
Date: 02/16/2009
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Guides tightly lace crampons onto our boots for the mini-trekking tour onto the glacier.
Date: 02/16/2009
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Intense shades of blue looking down into one of the many crevasses in the glacier.
Date: 02/16/2009
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The tour winds through a labyrinth of cracks and crevasses on the Perito Moreno glacier.
Date: 02/16/2009
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Luis uses his ice axe to demonstrate how the glacier is formed
Date: 02/16/2009
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Walking on the crampons was a little scary at first, but once I got the hang of it, it was a BLAST climbing, walking along ledges, feeling like I could defy gravity!