by Lucas Dominguez Vargas | May 26, 2023 | Notes
Since May 3rd, 2023, the project “Testigos de Hielo” (ice cores taken from glaciers of the mountain range) is taking place on the esplanade of the Cultural Park of Valparaíso. This initiative was awarded through the fund Ciencia Pública of the Ministry of Science,...
by Equipo Glaciar | Apr 20, 2020 | Notes
Glaciers are one of the most sublime expressions of nature. The Chilean writer Francisco Coloane describes the landscapes of the ice kingdom as fascinating places, of immeasurable greatness, solitude and surrealism. And also of dangers, by the way. In addition to...
by René Hernández Tapia | Apr 14, 2020 | Glacier Law
I invite you to remember that glaciers in our country do not yet have a particular law to protect them, the last of the six attempts to create a protection standard, has been in the formation stage in our National Congress since July 4 2018, by the way, without...
by Francisco Martínez Vidal | Apr 2, 2020 | Places
On the Big Island of Tierra del Fuego, there is a Fjord located at latitude 54 ° 43´South and Longitude 70.43 West, the name as well as the protection area is “De Agostini”. The discovery of the fjord is attributed to Salesian Father in 1913 and it is named Fjord...
by Marcos Gómez Cole | Mar 16, 2020 | Photo Gallery
Our collaborator Marcos Cole shares these wonderful macro photographs that he obtained after four months doing work on the famous Exploradores Glacier, located in Campos de Hielo Patagónico Norte, Aysén Region. He then explains what the interesting phenomenon consists...