Climate change

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Created: Thursday, 20 April 2017 07:37

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If the Ice Festival has not taken place in El Calafate for 5 years, there is a reason for it!

Climate change, which year after year threatens the glaciers in Patagonia as well as in the rest of the world, is getting more dramatic year. This year the winter was dry and not very cold, while in the summer there was not much wind…in short everything is abnormal and even the traditions of this place change, as explained by the Park Responsible Mr. Carlos Corvalán: a few years ago, for the feast of Hielo in July-August, they began to carry the snow in the city on trucks, than they decided to suspend it permanently…once, at the end of April, hotels and shops used to close but now more people stay in town to work and tourists continue to come.

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Always rains on wet

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Created: Thursday, 13 April 2017 09:25

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Bad news from Patagonia.

After a full day of walk, on 7 April, they arrived at Camp 1. The day after nine kilometers to get to Camp 2. The same of last year. But conditions are very different. The lake that there was last year has disappeared. And more the rain starts to come down strong.

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Ghosts in Patagonia

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Created: Saturday, 08 April 2017 17:09

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25 km with heavy backpacks on shoulder. And thankfully the few available horses could help in transportation. In this way, yesterday, they arrived at Lake of the "Tres Amigos" where they could install the camp 1.

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From Perito Moreno to Tyndall

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Created: Tuesday, 04 April 2017 10:02

Published: Tuesday, 04 April 2017 10:02

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The first part of the expedition is over and we now met with the second group, and we're rearranging the materials to move in Chile to the Tyndall.
The expedition was ultimately a success for all scientists who were able to work well in the field or in the lab tent thanks to amazing weather conditions and good team work of the whole group.

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First news from Perito Moreno

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Created: Thursday, 30 March 2017 09:44

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A single bearer. Not enough for an expedition with so much scientific material. So the transport to the refuge Buscaini took two trips of about 7 hours to cover the 12 kilometers that separate it from the starting point of the path.
The start was not hopeful. But luckily it was at least mitigated by the absence of cold. Indeed, from a real presence of an abnormal hot that even allows to move and work in T-shirt. Not a good news for the existence of the glacier!
This aspect is compromising the opportunity to go deep into the glacier. The mills are practically flooded and on the side of the explorations they could do very little.

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Starts today the expedition MaGPat 2017

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Created: Wednesday, 22 March 2017 13:33

Published: Thursday, 23 March 2017 07:39

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La Venta Geographic Explorations - Italy, together with the Association Spélé'Ice - France, is organizing an exploratory scientific expedition in Patagonia, called MaGPat (Microalgae and Glaciers of Patagonia), on the glaciers Perito Moreno (Argentina) and Tyndall (Chile).
The expedition, scheduled between March 23 and April 20 of 2017, will take place on two Patagonian glaciers that are originated on the ice cap of the Hielo Continental Sur: the Perito Moreno, located in the "Parque de los Glaciares" in Argentina, and the Tyndall that instead is located in the Chilean Park "Torres del Paine". The expedition, whose objectives are the geographical and speleological explorations, but above all the scientific researchs, is part of a series of explorations started in the early 90s in Patagonia and Greenland as part of a study on the main glaciers and ice caps of the Planet.

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