Artículos
Journey logbook: expedition to the Tenerife glacier
If one day you visit Puerto Natales city, in the Magallanes region and, at the same time, you observe with curious eyes its surroundings, besides the iconic Balmaceda mount, you’ll be able to sight a hill with a pronounced conic formation, very similar to a volcano....
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...
«Del Aula a los Hielos» project in Aldea Bosque School from Chonchi, Chiloé
At the beginning of December, 2022, we finished our educational project “Del Aula a los Hielos: Glaciares Chilenos en tu escuela” [From the Classroom to the Ices: Chilean glaciers in your school] that looks for getting Chilean glaciers closer to children and teenagers...
On the International Mountains Day we say: #QueremosParque
In celebration of the International Mountain Day and to highlight the urgent protection of the entire 142,000 hectares of public land in the Río Colorado area of Cajón del Maipo, the documentary “Queremos Parque: un documental sobre la lucha por la protección de las...
Fundación Glaciares Chilenos joins Ladera Sur Festival 2022
The first version of Ladera Sur Festival will be carried out on November 18th, 19th and 20th, and to inform, educate and reconnect are its main purposes. Through talks, workshops, live music, sustainable markets and naturalistic art, the expectation of this Festival...
10 glacial reasons to vote approve
On Thursday, September 1st, the campaign period for the Plebiscite for the new Constitution of Chile officially ends. We are only days away from a pioneering democratic process in the world that is of vital importance to society. For this reason, and to close our...
Confirmed: Codelco and Anglo-American mining operations affect nearby glaciers
In the Andes Mountains in Chile, mining activities have destroyed several ecosystems. Mining is the most damaging human activity for the conservation of glaciers. In 2014, the General Water Directorate funded a research project on glaciers in the central Andes to...
Glacier collapse in the Italian Alps leaves at least 7 dead
The tragedy occurred on Sunday, July 3rd, Italy, when a huge fragment of an alpine glacier slid down the mountain side, leaving several injured. The victims of this incident were hikers who were at the peak in that moment. After the event, at least 7 people were...
Atrapanieves Project: Citizen science to understand our snow as a sustainable and local water resource
Fundación Glaciares Chilenos has five lines of action: protect, visualize, educate, investigate, and connect, within which we frame our projects. Throughout education and connection with communities, we look to promote ecological awareness and local actions...
FIIS 2021; Glaciares Chilenos Foundation for climate action: ¡everyone counts!
A new edition of the “Social Innovation International Festival” (FIIS for its acronym in Spanish) is here for its 2021 version, and as Glaciares Chilenos Foundation, we are very excited to be part of this magnificent event. With nine years of history, FIIS has taken...
Glaciares Chilenos Foundation at Expolagos Patagonia 2021
We are very happy to announce our participation in the 2021 edition of Expolagos Patagonia, which will take place on November 8th and 9th in two virtual sessions, with significant participation from various organizations and stakeholders in the tourism sector....
The impacts of walking on a glacier
The first time a human being walked on a glacier, it probably dates back to the pristine times when our species began to populate the planet. Since then, we have not stopped approaching and venturing into glaciers, motivated by the most diverse ends; scientists,...