The fjords and islands of Chilean Patagonia take the brunt of the prevailing westerlies that wail across the southern ... Patagonia's Southern Ice Field, which with its northern counterpart ...

The event, known as calving, is a normal occurrence, said Victoria Pacheco, a tour guide in El Calafate, in Argentina’s Patagonia ... ice towers topple into the water, sending waves rippling ...

At the foot of the gargantuan Mount Fitz Roy, trekking trails sprout from the ... and crags for the best views of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field on the intrepid four-day Cerro Huemul Loop.