To download a PDF detailing the Teachers Cards please Click Here To download a PDF detailing the Prints please Click Here To download a PDF detailing the catalogue please Click Here Please see below for further details. If you wish to order, please download and complete the form and fax it to 01604 696902. However, if you need more information, then please contact us at elaine@wecommunic8.com or Telephone 01604 696903 SAMPLE CARD PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Santa Cruz, Argentina (S 50°27' W 73°10').
Created in 1937, Los Glaciares National Park is located in southern Patagonia, near the border of Chile. This protected zone, declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1981, contains 13 glaciers that originated from the continental glacial covering of Patagonia, the largest in the world after Antarctica and Greenland. With a frontal width of 2.5 miles (4 km) and a height of 147 feet (60 m), Perito Moreno extends for 32 miles (52 km) and moves along one of the arms of Lake Argentino, dragging rock debris torn from the banks in its wake, which erodes and shapes the landscape. Every three or four years, at the confluence of the two arms of the lake, the glacier interrupts the water’s flow. The growing pressure of the water against the ice barrier ends up breaking it, producing an explosion that can be heard from several miles away. Glaciers and ice caps make up 9 percent of the earth’s land surface. Global warming could melt the ice, raising the level of the oceans by 3 to 35 inches (9 to 88 cm) before the end of the century and drowning the fertile shore areas. Today, the atmosphere has the capacity to absorb only one third of the CO² that we produce each year ‘There is no doubt that the images could be used as the starting point for exciting activities which cover a range of subjects including science, geography and citizenship.’ Bill Graham, Head of Education, Farming and Countryside Education. wecommunic8 Ltd, The Old Reading Rooms, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, NN7 1LF Email: enquiries@wecommunic8.com | Telephone: +44 (0) 1604 696 903
