The Perito Moreno Glacier

Unlike most of it´s brothers and sisters, the Perito Moreno Glacier is considered stable. It´s advancing at a rate of up to 2m/day, carving out icebergs from it´s front on a regular basis. It is enormous, at 30km long and 5km wide, with it´s face a 60m jagged edged cliff of varying shades of blue. Compared to any of the glaciers we´ve ever seen, this is a monster.

Our full day tour gave us plenty of time to view it from both the nearby peninsular and from a boat that cruised up to the face. Two of the pictures we posted are there to try and give some perspective on the size of this giant. Look at the size of the boat at the face in the last picture.