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The far south of the Andes, where Chile and Argentina share a range of granite, ice and wind. The sequence begins in Torres del Paine: the dark-capped Cuernos above turquoise lakes, firebush in flower, guanacos on the ridges, a puma in the grass, and blue icebergs from Grey Glacier stranded on the shore of Lago Grey.

It then crosses into Argentina for the Perito Moreno Glacier, seen over the forest, from the water’s edge and side-on along its broken front, and ends among the mountains of Tierra del Fuego, where small glaciers hang above the valleys behind Ushuaia.

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The Cuernos del Paine above wind-whipped turquoise water Scrub steppe, a long pale lake and distant peaks under big cloud Horses grazing on the plain below the Cuernos del Paine Green hills rolling down towards the lakes beneath the Paine massif Four guanacos strung out along a grassy ridge Chilean firebush in flower below the Cuernos del Paine A stone-edged path through grass and low trees beneath the mountains A clear glacial river running over boulders through beech woodland Twisted southern beeches above a rocky stream Cloud lifting off the Torres above the lake at their base The Cuernos and the granite Torres beyond a bank of red firebush A guanaco grazing below the Paine massif A female puma moving through the steppe grass A puma watching from the rocky scrub A guanaco crossing a steep hillside A lesser rhea striding across open grassland A pair of upland geese on stony ground Glacial meltwater pouring over a broad rock shelf Salto Grande, where Lago Nordenskjöld spills towards Lago Pehoé The snow-covered Paine massif reflected in a roadside pool An iceberg adrift on Lago Grey below the Paine massif The Cuernos framed by southern beech above the shore of Lago Grey A blue iceberg from Grey Glacier, the Cuernos in cloud behind Broken ice washed up on the shore of Lago Grey The Perito Moreno Glacier filling its valley, seen over the forest Firebush in flower above the Perito Moreno Glacier The glacier's front edging past the forested shore The full width of the ice front, with snowy peaks beyond A fallen block of ice drifting below the glacier wall Blue-veined ice at the glacier's face, a snowy summit above Ice pinnacles beneath a sharp, snow-streaked peak The jagged ice cliff of Perito Moreno, seen side-on Ice breaking from the glacier face in a burst of spray Crevassed ice stretching back towards the Southern Patagonian Ice Field Valle Carbajal and the mountains of Tierra del Fuego from the air A meltwater lake below the Ojo del Albino Glacier, from the air Laguna de los Témpanos, still frozen, below the Vinciguerra Glacier

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Los Glaciares and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina · 24 February 2026

Waiting for the Ice at Perito Moreno

A long day on the boardwalks facing the Perito Moreno Glacier, waiting for it to calve, then a flight south over the mountains of Tierra del Fuego.
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile · 20 January 2026

Wind and Granite: Four Days in Torres del Paine

Early summer in Torres del Paine: a puma in the grass, firebush on the slopes and a wind that never quite let us finish a sentence.

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