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Where the windswept Patagonian steppe meets the Andes, and the
massive unclimbed south wall of Cerro San Lorenzo looks down on the
Lacteo Valley, a visitor understands: Perito Moreno National Park
is a stronghold of wild nature. In a region so alluring that is has
become synonymous with beauty at the end of the Earth, Perito
Moreno National Park is an icon of Patagonia. This relatively
little visited Park is a magnet for intrepid travellers and
ambitious alpinists. In a book as grand as the natural area it
celebrates, Perito Moreno National Park presents a stunning
collection of images of the park by renowned landscape photographer
Antonio Vizcaino. With supporting essays from experts on the park's
natural and cultural history, this elegant volume offers an
armchair tour of one of the world's most scenic and unsullied
landscapes. Legendary businessman and philanthropist Douglas
Tompkins (founder of The North Face) contributes the book's
foreword. In a dramatic gesture that expanded the park in 2013,
Tompkins donated a key private inholding in Perito Moreno to the
Argentine national parks administration.For all of those who dream
of Patagonia, Perito Moreno National Park is a ticket into the
heart of the wild. All proceeds from this book go towards
conservation efforts at Perito Moreno National Park.
Where the windswept Patagonian steppe meets the Andes, and the
massive unclimbed south wall of Cerro San Lorenzo looks down on the
Lacteo Valley: Perito Moreno National Park is a stronghold of wild
nature. In a region so alluring that is has become synonymous with
beauty at the end of the Earth, Perito Moreno National Park is an
icon of Patagonia. Named in honor of revered early conservationist
Perito Moreno, the "John Muir of Argentina," this relatively little
visited park is a magnet for intrepid travelers and ambitious
alpinists. Legendary businessman and philanthropist Douglas
Tompkins (founder of The North Face) contributes the book's
foreword. In a book as grand as the natural area it celebrates,
"Perito Moreno National Park" presents a stunning collection of
images of the park by renowned landscape photographer Antonio
Vizcaino. With supporting essays from experts on the park's natural
and cultural history, this elegant volume offers an armchair tour
of one of the world's most scenic and unsullied landscapes. For all
of who dream of Patagonia, "Perito Moreno National Park" is a
ticket into the heart of the wild.
"Yendegaia National Park" offers a visually spectacular tour of one
of Earth's most remote and scenic national parks. In Chilean
Patagonia on the grand island of Tierra del Fuego, the new park --
designated in 2014 -- was prompted by a donation of private land to
the Chilean park system. When combined with adjacent federal land,
the new protected area covers some 372,000 acres, and forms a
habitat linkage between existing national parks in Chile and
Argentina. Thus the new Yendegaia National Park has helped
establish one of the planet's most significant trans-boundary
protected areas, or "peace parks." During expeditions to Yendegaia
in various seasons, renowned nature photographer Antonio Vizcaino
captured the harsh beauty of a remote land at the end of the world
where glacier-carved peaks, untamed rivers, windblown steppe, and
Earth's southernmost forests combine to create a unique and
stunningly beautiful landscape. For both armchair adventurers who
dream of Patagonia and intrepid travelers planning a trip to
Chile's national parks, "Yendegaia National Park" is a must-have.
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