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Dr. Hans-Peter Takes His Learnlings To The PIO 11 Glacier

Dr. H.P. Reinthaler explains the workings of the largest glacier south of the equator (with the exception of Antarctica), the PIO Glacier in Chile and Argentina. While most of the world's glaciers have been shrinking in area and depth, this one has actually been spreading out and getting thicker. This has been verified by comparing Aerial photography from the present with corresponding photography from the past. There is , however, no definitive explanation why this is the case.The crashing, thunderous sound of large pieces of ice breaking off the 100 foot/ 32meter high face and then splashing into the sea below, captivates all the passengers and crew of the comparitively tiny Zodiac 'Cousteau'.

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Uploaded on April 29, 2018
Taken on March 4, 2018