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The Compass: Argentina

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From the vibrant capital of Buenos Aires to Mendoza's beautiful wine country and the impressive glacial ranges of Patagonia, Argentina's natural magnificence is legendary. This week, we venture to the furthest reaches of the South American continent to discover why a glacier collapses every three to four years, how one climber achieved an epic free solo of Fitz Roy in Patagonia, and what gaucho culture is all about.
Let's explore Argentina.

ANIMALS & ENVIRONMENT

As the sun sets in Tierra del Fuego, a beaver munches on a tree branch next to a fallen trunk.

PHOTOGRAPH BY LUJÁN AGUSTI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Argentina brought beavers to Tierra del Fuego. It was not a good idea.

In 1946, the government wanted to create a fur industry. More than 70 years later, it’s clear the ecosystem wasn’t meant to cope with them.

On June 6, 2018, a rare birth was celebrated at the Iberá National Park in Argentina. Tania, a three-legged, first-time mother jaguar, gave birth to two cubs – the first in over a century.

FOOTAGE BY TOMPKINS CONSERVATION

These are the first jaguars born in this Argentinian wetland in over a century

A pair of cubs was born in Iberá National Park, and scientists are aiming to be as minimally invasive in their lives as possible.

Malibu Mayor and firefighter Rick Mullen surveys a burning house in Malibu as the Woolsey Fire approaches the town in November 2018.

FOOTAGE BY CNN NEWS VIA REUTERS

Why this massive glacial arch collapses like clockwork

Every three or four years, the Perito Moreno glacier in Los Glaciares National Park loudly collapses into a large lake.

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Jellyfish float among the fronds of a kelp forest off Isla de los Estados, Argentina. Giant kelps (Macrocystis pyrifera) are the largest algae in the ocean, growing upward to more than 150 feet. Their forests harbor one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ENRIC SALA

How Argentina is saving one of Earth’s most remote places

Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of the Americas, is brimming with an incredible menagerie of life. This is the plan to keep it that way.

A guanaco, the wild form of the llama, arrives to drink at Laguna Seca in Chile’s Patagonia National Park. The 750,000-acre park combines public land with private property donated by Tompkins Conservation.

PHOTOGRAPH BY TOMÁS MUNITA

How an unprecedented gift built a legacy of conservation in South America

An enterprising wealthy couple had a dream: Buy millions of acres across Chile and Argentina, then donate them to create new parks.

ADVENTURE

Climber Jim Reynolds is seen familiarizing himself with the terrain of Argentine Patagonia in January 2019. Here he approaches the summit of Aguja Guillamet in the Fitz Roy Massif using traditional safety gear. Three months later on March 21, Reynolds would free solo three spires in the massif, including Fitz Roy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY TAD MCCREA

This climber pulled off one of the biggest free solos of 2019

Jim Reynolds went up and down an iconic Patagonian peak with nothing more than climbing shoes, a bag of chalk, and skill.

Trail runner Sunny Stroeer leaps up a route while completing the "Full 360" route on Aconcagua.

PHOTOGRAPH BY SUNNY STROEER

Amateur trail runner made history on South America's highest peak

Sunny Stroeer was the first woman to circumnavigate and summit Aconcagua in a single push.

In Argentina’s remote Neuquén province, two gauchos join a multi-day cattle drive herding Angus-Hereford cows from their high-elevation summer grazing lands to lower winter pastures.

PHOTOGRAPH BY DAN SADGROVE

Saddle up for stellar views and gaucho culture in Patagonia

At Argentina’s isolated ranches, stunning mountains, homegrown food, and cowboy customs reign.

SCIENCE FEATURE

Oldest evidence of modern bees found in Argentina

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