Artículos
Chasing Glaciers “Mission Huaytapallana”: Awakening to a Revealing Truth
It all began as a thesis project in 2018, which was taking shape and mutating in this vivid and shocking documentary released in 2019. Misión Huaytapallana, is the debut of the American director Mark Gregory and after its success, together with the audiovisual...
How to reintegrate ourselves into nature in the process of deconfinement?
There already are several communities in this country, beginning to lift restrictions under the deconfinement plan. However, there is a series of regulations concerning practicing outdoor sports during the Transition Stage. This Tuesday, August 11, the Ministry of...
Escazú Agreement and its implementation in our country
It is not unknown to anyone that in Chile there are controversies of a socio-environmental nature, cases such as the emblematic energy project "Alto Maipo" in the Metropolitan Region and the mining project "Pascua Lama" in Atacama, are just some of the best...
Changes of the Glacier Colgante Morado between 1932-2019
Glaciers of the central Andes of Chile are a crucial freshwater resource for down-stream communities for drinking water or water for agriculture, mining or industry. Normally, the mountain water supply is largely sourced from the melting of the winter...
GlacierHub, from Columbia University, highlights the work of Fundación Glaciares Chilenos
The American website, which depends on the Earth Institute of Columbia University, detailed the work carried out by our NGO and highlighted the effort we make with the care of glaciers in Chile. At the end of July this year, the blog specialized in glaciers,...
Väinö Auer: the Finnish explorer who traveled the fjords of Tierra del Fuego
To be immersed in one of the most beautiful corners of Tierra del Fuego Island, a place secluded from the world, and which for a long time was one of the best kept secrets of the Kawésqar. For those who know the Magallanes region in Chile, the name of that place is...
Camilo Rada: “Glaciology from the social point of view is the key”
Camilo Rada is a prominent Chilean scientist, mountaineer, and explorer. He holds a degree in Astronomy from the Pontifical Catholic University, a Master's in Geophysics and a PhD in Glaciology from the Canadian University of British Columbia. He currently works as a...
Documentary: The Last Ice merchant of Chimborazo in Ecuador
El Último Hielero ~ The Last Ice Merchant ~, a documentary released in 2012 and directed by Sandy Patch; tells the story of Baltazar Ushca, the last icemaker from Chimborazo in Ecuador. A man who at that time was 67 years old and no more than 1.5 meters tall,...
Mining operations that have irreversibly intervened glaciers in Chile
Chile, a mountainous country, where 70% of the population is supplied with mountain water. Glaciers represent an essential and strategic public good for society, as natural reserves of fresh water in the context of global warming, allowing basic levels of water...
Terra Australis Incognita, the Fuegian ice
Tierra del Fuego south of the Estrecho de Magallanes, separated from continental America, north of the maligned Drake Sea and the mythical Cabo de Hornos, the largest island in South America is unknown to many to this day. Few are those who have had the privilege of...
Protection of the environment and glaciers in South America
COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION ON PROTECTION OF NATURE AND GLACIERS Since 2006, there have been initiatives for the creation of a Glacier Protection Law, which have failed mainly due to the lack of support from the governments of the day, since our political system leaves to...
FGCh participated in the launch of the Chile Sustentable’s glacier document
Last Friday, June 5 of this year, on the day of the environment, as Fundación Glaciares Chilenos we were part of the event "Glaciers and water security in days of health crisis", where the main reason was the launch of a video and the primer "Glaciers of Chile: The...