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The Glaciarium is located on the banks of Lago Argentino, close to El Calafate. Structurally, the Glaciarium resembles a glacier. The 2.500 m2 building is dominated by three two-storey towers which bend in on themselves at crooked angles, as if about to buckle and snap under some enormous but invisible pressure – as indeed the towering ice pinnacles at the business end of a real-life glacier eventually do.
 Inside, the museum is divided into several discrete spaces, each crammed with impressive multimedia exhibits. Through photographs, projections, models and even a 3D movie made by Peter Lang including aerial views of the Patagonian Ice Camp with the Fitz Roy and Torre Hills , the visitor learns about the what, why, where and whither (there’s a particularly good exhibit on the effects of global warming) of glaciers.
Unless you’re the kind of person who wakes up in the middle of the night worrying about the state of the cryosphere, this information will be new and invaluable. (Like most natural phenomena, glaciers are a lot easier to visualize than they are to understand.)
In the basement visitors will find the Glacio Bar, the first ice bar made in this part of the world with a display of ice walls and floor, just as in Scandinavia.
Visit the Museaum´s website: Glaciarium - The first Glaciar Museum in Patagonia |
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