# The third largest glacier in South America lost almost a square kilometer in 8 months

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[https://www.pagina12.com.ar/494208-impactante-retroceso-del-glaciar-upsala-en-santa-cruz-todo-s](https://www.pagina12.com.ar/494208-impactante-retroceso-del-glaciar-upsala-en-santa-cruz-todo-s)

_The renowned glaciologist Pedro Skvarca, current scientific director of Glaciarum de El Calafate, confirmed that the Upsala Glacier no longer has contact with the Bertacchi, and that its entire front was exposed. The information shows the significant retreat of one of the largest glaciers on the continent that in just eight months gave up 300 meters in its eastern sector and lost almost a square kilometer of surface._

_“The European Space Agency took the images that we had access to, and that allowed us to fine-tune the data we had. There we were able to confirm that they are no longer united, now they are two independent glaciers”, certified the scientist._

_“This is shocking because of the speed. In only eight months, that is, from January to September of this year, the Upsala retreated 300 meters in its eastern sector, and lost almost a square kilometer of surface and we don’t know how much more it will retreat,” he lamented._

This article is in Spanish, but nowadays any browser has translation options. It is difficult to find environmental news from Latin America in English, so I will begin to share some, with the translation of its most relevant fragments.

> **[Upsala Glacier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsala_Glacier)**
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> The Upsala Glacier is a large valley glacier on the eastern side of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Its higher portion lies in a disputed territory between Chile and Argentina. While the glacier flows from north to south it has three lesser eastflowing tributary glacier: Bertacchi, Cono and Murallón.
> The glacier terminus is at Upsala channel of Lago Argentino. The Upsala Glacier is well known for its rapid retreat, which Greenpeace cites as evidence for global warming. Its retreat has been on...