Note: To advance to the next slide, simply click on the picture (or use your cursor keys in Firefox) Credit: REUTERS The glacier is one of more than 200 in Argentina’s Glaciers Park. It is one ...

At the southern tip of Glacier National Park in Southern Patagonia sits one of the region's most magnificent glaciers, Perito Moreno. Unlike 95 percent of Earth's glaciers that are gradually ...

The face of Perito Moreno Glacier resembles a colossal fortress, its jagged spires of ice towering about 200 feet above a lake dotted with icebergs. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...

Friday, March 21 marks the inaugural World Glacier Day, an international observance established by the United Nations to raise awareness about the rapid retreat of glaciers worldwide.

Unlike most of Earth’s other glaciers, Perito Moreno is still growing. The Perito Moreno Glacier, named for a 19 th -century explorer, is currently 19 miles long and rises an average height of ...

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina (Reuters) -The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft ...

Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina, at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina's Patagonia region, Thursday, March 10, 2016. BUENOS AIRES ...

Tourists walk on Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, Argentina, Nov. 2, 2021. Credit: AP/Natacha Pisarenko By The Associated Press March 21, 2025 ...