Moving at a glacial pace, literally

   Looking at glaciers, walking on glaciers, drinking from glaciers, and even waiting for
glaciers to move by breaking pieces of the sides off into water are not to be missed.
The deep blue of the refracted light reminds one of the freshness of the pure glaciers
composed of compressed layers of snow from hundreds of years of bad weather. The
barren, creviced, and alien surface of the glacier is terrific. While on the glacier, one
must dodge severe winds with bits of ice, thus, I suggest that you go with guides who,
like ours, will use ice picks to carve steps and serve Baileys at the top for warmth.
Second, when you watch ice breaking from glaciers, keep watching. It is too bad that
when you hear a loud pop of the ice breaking, it is too late to see the spectacle! We
watched one piece crack over the course of 6 hours and finally we saw it fall 5 minutes
before we were to leave...thanks Glacier Perito Moreno. But be aware, if your friend
should show you a photograph of a giant piece of ice break and splash, do as i didn't,
check the postcard pictures in the park shop before believing your friend!

While on the glacier, our guides made us steps and served everyone Baileys using glacier ice.

View from on the glacier.

View of another glacier.