an inordinate fondness for beetles

The kids search sand dunes for beetles.
Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

Tormentina's new friends.
Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

Me shooting stills while Sam Greenfield shoots in motion.
Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

paramela / adesmia boronioides

Raivo and Tormentina admire fragrant paramela flowers growing in the pampa sand dunes.
Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

Paramela / Adesmia boronioides
Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

southern crested caracara / caracara plancus / carancho

Southern crested caracara / Caracara plancus / carancho.
El Chalten, Provincia de Santa Cruz, ARGENTINA. (octubre 2015)

Southern crested caracara / Caracara plancus / carancho.
El Chalten, Provincia de Santa Cruz, ARGENTINA. (octubre 2015)

spring wildflowers in the pampas

Tormentina heads into the spring flower-filled pampas to pick a bouquet of Olsynium.
Lago Argentino, Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

Olsynium
Lago Argentino, Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

Tormentina's bouquet of Olsynium.
Lago Argentino, Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

Olysnium
Lago Argentino, Provincia de Santa Cruz - ARGENTINA (octubre de 2015)

patagonia, inc. 2014 winter solstice catalog

Alejandro Nestor Caparrós, artist (& head park ranger at Parque Nacional Los Glaciares), burnishes a wood-carved map with pyrography tools in his home workshop.  Caparrós hand-crafts much of the signage in the park.

In this image he is wearing a very old, much loved, Patagonia, Inc. jacket that Thomas Ulrich gave him. Caparrós says that it's a very special piece because Ulrich wore it during the first winter ascent of Cerro Torre's West Face in 1999.

Alejandro Nestor Caparrós (AKA “Capa”), El jefe de guardaparques / Photo by Somira Sao
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Provincia de Santa Cruz, El Chaltén, ARGENTINA (January 2011)

A big thanks to Cameron Tambakis (Photo Editor) and the rest of the Patagonia, Inc. Photo Department for keeping us afloat while we are "shipwrecked" here in Chile!