I just saw a PBS program on Nature titled "The Andes: the Dragon's Back". It was superb adn I highly ecommend it to all of you. Animal life was shown throughout, but there were also some very interesting features on:
1. Cape Horn National Park and its penguins (I bet we won't see this on AR11)
2. Torres Del Paine National Park and its glaciers (again, improbable that we will see this on AR11)
3. Southern Patagonia Ice Fields - truly incredible, starting just northwest of Puerto Natales, Chile and continuing for 1560 square miles to the north, parelleling the coast but only touching it at one point with a glacier. I have attempted to attach a PDF map below but it is too large, so I am providing a link here:
Southern Patagonia Ice Fields Map by National Geographic4. Flamingos in Chile, probably near San Pedro de Atacama, although the program did not say
5. Mt. Aconcagua - highest mountain outside of the Himalayas; program stated it is 5 miles (26,400 feet) high, but I know better; it is 22,841 feet high
6. fishing in the upstream Amazon River
7. a yearly ritual for villagers to climb to 16,000 feet (about 7,000 higher than) in the vicinity of Macchu Picchu to celebrate ancient traaditions