Patagonia: Parito Moreno Glacier

We flew to El Calafate in southern Patagonia on Saturday and we'll have a week to explore. It's a long way down here -- we're now further south than we've ever been. We'd hit 45 degrees south a couple of years ago in New Zealand; this checks in at 51 degrees south. The sun is up all the time. It was still light enough to be golfing at 10p last night, and it was bright and sunny for our 7a alarm.

Here's some pics and video from exploring the Parito Moreno glacier. This glacier is about the same size as the city of Buenos Aires and has been a constant size since first measured in 1917 (notable with most glaciers currently shrinking).

We started with a boat ride to get up close.

A load moan from the ice signalled the first big chunk to fall in. I spun the camera and caught the splash.

After the boat ride, we headed to the "balconies", a series of catwalks to explore different views of the glacier.