Postscript: future prospects of glaciers

The Southern Patagonian Icefield in Chile feeds numerous outlet glaciers. Some of those flowing east, like Glaciar Grey, terminate in deep lakes that were carved out by ice during the last ice age. The snout of this and similar glaciers terminates in the beautiful forests of southern beech (Nothofagus). MH

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