Taken from the boat, not too close because huge pieces of ice the size of apartment blocks calve off the glacier regularly. The immensity of the glacier hit me, a giant blue wall of ice emerging from the icy waters. We sat for a long time in silence until a deafening cracking sound shattered the silence and a huge piece of ice crashed into the lake. I love the contrast of the mountains and the glacier in this photo, and I love the fracture in the central block of ice.

I was drawn to the incredible naturein this region which includes the entire Northern Patagonian Ice Fields, where countless rivers and lakes are born. The ice field in this region extends over the mountains giving birth to nineteen glaciers of which San Rafael Glacier is one of the most impressive. One of the remotest glacial areas in the world, I took a plane, a car, and finally a boat to access the Glacier.

The Glacier is the one of the most dynamic and actively calving glaciers on the Northern Ice Cap. A giant blue wall between two hulking mountains. Deeply blue due to the dense compactness of ice formed over thousands of years. The ice absorbs the sunlight rather than reflects it, the light is then refracted through the ice and returns as the colour blue. About 75% of the world’s freshwater reserves are locked up in glaciers and ice sheets. The Patagonian Ice Fields, covering about 14,000 square kilometers, are the world’s third-largest frozen landmass after the continental glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland. This Glacier is melting at a rapid rate, and has retreated a huge 12kilometers in the last 126yrs. At the same time the whole of the Northern Patagonian Ice field has lost more than 100 cubic Kilometers of ice and is still shrinking as we read.

During the editing process, the more I looked at my photos the more I saw a repetition of pattern. Pattern is not only repeated throughout nature, but also in our actions in everyday life.

We are at such an important tipping point with mother nature. Our biospheres are declining at a rapid rate. To become conscious of the patterns we repeat in our lives, our connection to nature and our reliance upon it is necessary for our survival. Building a strong connection to nature’s beauty and embracing our fragility within mother nature can change our future on this planet; for when we feel connected to something, we care for it and we want to look after it. I knew that witnessing this landscape was a rare opportunity and I wanted to capture its accelerated change in these mesmerising ice fields before they disappear.

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