PATAGONIAN CONTINENTAL SKY
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Largest white continent with a 5 km front rising to 70 m, perfect for an expedition for those with trekking experience
The Hielo Continental Patagónico is the largest white continent after Antarctica! The two ice fields (Norte and Sur) contain forty times more ice than all the glaciers of the European Alps put together. A major reserve of precious freshwater for the planet, it feeds 47 large glaciers and 200 other medium-sized glaciers. It covers an area of 250 km², larger than that of Buenos Aires. More precisely, the Campo de Hielo Patagónico Norte is around 120 kilometers long and between 50 and 70 kilometers wide. The Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur, on the other hand, is three times as large, stretching some 350 kilometers from north to south, with an average width of 30 to 40 kilometers. These ice masses have an average thickness of over 250 metres. Enormous amounts of precipitation provide an abundant source of recharge for the ice cap, which rapidly feeds the flow of glaciers to reach, in most cases, the fjords to the west and the lakes to the east. The regions between the Pacific coast and the Andes in Patagonia generally receive over 3,000 millimetres of precipitation per year. This means that for every square meter of land, 3,000 liters of water fall per year! By comparison, in the city of Santiago, rainfall is relatively low, at around 280 liters. The expedition is strictly reserved for those with previous trekking experience.
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