Photo Essay: "Los Glaciares" National Park
By Christian Ostrosky
Written on 21 March 2008
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A walk around some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world. Patagonia offers all the good stuff to surprise you and make you feel small in a good way!
Fitz Roy Range
A view of the Majestic Fitz Roy range in all its splendor. "Los Glaciares" National Park, Patagonia, Argentina.
"Los Glaciares" National Park was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. Taking a look at the pictures one can understand why. Fed by the second largest continental Ice Cap in the world (excluding Antarctica), dozens of huge valley glaciers fill the landscape.
Forests and the steppe develop in a frame of amazing granite peaks, big lakes and all sorts of rock deposits and outcrops. Extreme weather conditions seem harder due to the feeling of magnitude and isolation.
Since the 1980s, this National Park in the province of Santa Cruz has become an amazing destination for tourists and travelers despite its remoteness.
A few more words: JUST ENJOY!
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