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Photo Gallery: Adventure in Patagonia
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A skier glides past a fractured section of ice and snow in the Cordillera Sarmiento of Patagonia, Chile. This area is the highest point in the South American ice cap, a series of interconnected Andean glaciers that cover more than 5,000 square miles (13,000 square kilometers).
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