It's all about the glacier.
We stayed near to it for almost an hour, and got to see two huge chunks "calve" off.
Here is the San Valentin glacier, 197 feet tall. It is one of 19 glaciers originating from Monte San Valentin, the highest peak in the southern Andes. This glacier is the closest to the EQUATOR of any on earth. She anchors the top end of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, the largest mass of ice outside the polar regions, a complex that feed numerous rivers in Chilean and Argentine Patagonia.
This ice field contains the greatest amount of fresh water on earth outside the polar regions.
The big controversy down here right now is whether the largest river should be dammed for hydroelectric power, which would all be sent to northern Chile with no power to the local regions. It sounds like another Yangtze River disaster in the making. Hopefully, the environmentalists will win this one.
Not here in these waters, but earlier along the roads, the ONLY garbage I saw, and there was lots of it, were PLASTIC BOTTLES and PLASTIC BAGS. Please, people, invest in reusable water bottles and reusable shopping bags.
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