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Chile’s glaciers are dying. You can actually hear it.

Chile’s Grey Glacier, at the south end of Grey Lake, is just one of Patagonia's approximately 17,300 glaciers. Trekkers hike up to the ice on routes such as the popular W or O circuits, or use crampons to walk on the glacier.

2024-04-15    

It’s a bit jolting, then, to hear Carretta say, “The glacier is dying.” The words are both tender and factual. Born in the Italian Alps, an accomplished but wayward mountain climber, Carretta found his paradise in Patagonia in 2016. He relocated to Chile with his wife and son, who accept how his heart is divided. “I know the glacier loves me,” he says.

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