The decision by Chile's National Forestry Corporation to permanently ban hikers from a popular glacier in Patagonia has incensed adventurers and local guides alike. What officials see as a question of ...

In the lake San Rafael, about 100 icebergs float today, pieces broken off from the glacier that 150 years ago stretched out over two-thirds of the body of water now free of ice cover. The San Rafael ...

Part of the Laguna San Rafael National Park, located on the Pacific coast of southern Chile, is pictured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Covering an area of around 17000 ...

Warming air temperatures are melting the Chilean San Rafael glacier. An interview with Dr Neil Glasser, of the University of Wales, about the situation for the glacier. Also on the programme: the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The decision by Chile’s National Forestry ...

Known for its many rivers and one of Northern Patagonia’s largest glaciers, Laguna San Rafael National Park was photographed on May 9, 2023 as the space station orbited 268 miles above Chile. Laguna ...