...Perito Moreno Glacier(PGM)- one of the biggest in South America and there are hundreds here...also one of the Earth's most dynamic and accessible frozen ice fields of Argentine Patagonia...this view is from far away of just one face and it has total of 3 faces - we based ourselves in El Calafete(EC)(population 8000,it solely exist to serve tourist for PGM) some 80km from PGM,the hostel was fantastatic, 4 bed dormatory we shared with a girl called Martina from Switzland,we met some great travellers at this hostel going around the world like ourselves.The magnificient colorful scenic ride in the coach from EC to PGM will live with me for ever as it gave one a really peaceful feeling inside that is hard to explain and put it in to words,all I can say is that it was the beginning of one the most amazing day of my life(it may be due to brilliant sunshine , blue sky with few white fuffy clouds,going through blue to grey colur mountains,glacial lake of some stunning turquoise green/blue/mint colors,Llamas running in the green fields,cowboys riding by ,condors and eagles flying above,crisp fresh air-put all this together and you may have a 10% picture of what it really felt like!)
...you begin to shudder at the awsome iciness of this mammoth ice...being this close is an audatory and visual experience -as you come out of the coach near the face of PMG,you start hearing kind of very loud thunder and lightning sounds every few seconds randomly then you hear a boom/splashing/crashing/ sounds few seconds after and you strat thinking what the f... is that! as you start walking on the catwalks and come to the many vantage points and you are face to face with the wall of PMG the sounds get louder and then it hits you! because now you are face to face with PMG seeing what is crating those sounds-the ice is cracking all the time and creating huge chasm under it's own weight and thats what you see and that creats the very loud thunder and lightning sounds and then over exposed mammoth chunks 
...breathtaking ...
...frozen icefields of Southern Patagonia...
...boat ride that takes you in the Iceberg Channell and gives you another vantage point...
...boat looks minute against the might of God's creation!..
...relaxed but felt rather useless against the mighty PMG!...our travel over the last 6 months have taught us many things -caring for envoirment is one of them...
PMG today is 120km long 5km wide(all 3 faces),40km above water and 120km below water-it' big!
During last Iceage some 12,000 years ago,PMG was 350km long in total(ie 100km to the ocean beach today then futher 100km to the frozen ocean beach then),also was another 200 meters taller and much wider too(all other glaciers were bigger too).Then Iceage ended and it created bigger oceans as we know them today.If all the glaciers were to melt including Antarctica then oceans would rise by 60 to 70 meters and 50 % of Great Britain will be under water as would many other countries,other would cease to exist such as Holland-it's happen before and it will happen again but the point is we are speeding up that process with our activities.
...one of the most magical sight of nature at work-as chunks fall of at one end -more fresh chunks are made at the other end-also as icebergs crashes in to the waters it creats mini-tsunami...lost for words!
...thunder/lightning sound first as ice cracks creating chasms and icebergs falls off under it's own weight and being pushed from behind then a huge boom/crashing noise few seconds after as it hits the water(what makes it even more magical is that you see the icebergs crashing in to the waters but you can't hear the noise straight away as sounds takes time to travel -so you see the crash but hear it few micro-seconds after-just brilliant)
... AND THEN I WENT TREKKING ON THE PGM WITH FEW OTHERS AND TWO GUIDES...(V was underage so P stayed behind with her)
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