10 January 2010

Glacier Boat Tour

On our first full day in El Calafate we took a boat tour of the glaciers. We spent the day on Lago Argentino and visited three glaciers: Upsalla Glacier, Spegazzini Glacier, and Perito Moreno Glacier.

The first glacier we visited was Upsalla. Due to a loss of a large part of its icefield in the last year, we were only able to see this galcier from afar. Instead we cruised through the icebergs that broke off from the glacier. That itself was really cool.







While we were cruising from Glacier Upsalla to Glacier Spegazinni we saw a condor perched in the mountains.



The second glacier we visited was Glacier Spegazinni.







The final glacier we visited was Perito Moreno. On this excursion we saw the northern face of the glacier.





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