More glaciers- Perito Moreno

Time to return to the land of yummy steaks, starting with a couple of days in El Calafate. A small town that seems to only really exist to service the tourist desire to view one of the most impressive glaciers in the world.

The Perito Mereno glacier is about 80km from the town and consists of a flow of ice that is advancing at the rate of 2m per day into the Lago Argentino. What this means is that there is an enormous face to the glacier that is about 60m high and every day there are large chunks falling off this glacier into the water. Some of these chunks are larger than houses and form the basis of ice bergs that flow down the lake past El Calafate. While we were there admiring the glacier we were lucky enough to spot a couple of huge slabs calving off the face, these bits were small fry by Moreno standards but still 30m *20m*5m+ is a big chunk of blue ice that is very impressive to see and hear as it crashes into the water below. Another lifetime memory made!