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Argentina Opens Bar Made of Glacial Ice

Kate Schwartz — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:44:42 CDT

Well traveled tipplers should add Patagonia, Argentina, to their itineraries. A bar billed as the only one made (carved?) out of glacial ice opened there last week. Bellying up to this bar—whose specialty is Coke served with a bitter spirit called Fernet—is a little more involved: You'll don...

Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

Rob Quinn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:19:30 CDT

Investigators hunting Nazi war criminals believe they have discovered where their most-wanted war fugitive has been hiding, reports the BBC. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent experts to southern Chile to track down Aribert Heim, dubbed "Dr. Death" for his barbaric experiments on Jews in the Mauthausen concentration camp in...

Good Job, Bad Job

Sam Gale Rosen — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:33:07 CDT

There's a stark divide between good and bad employers in America today, and you don't want to be on the wrong side of it. In a New York Times excerpt from his new book, Steven Greenhouse compares FedEx and Patagonia. FedEx forces workers who deliver packages to be "independent contractors"—...

Huge New Dinosaur Species Found in Argentina

Nick McMaster — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:45:00 CDT

The recently discovered fossil of a giant dinosaur that roamed South America 80 million years ago is not only remarkably complete but also represents a new species, Brazilian and Argentine paleontologists announced today. Futalognkosaurus dukei, a four-legged, long-necked herbivore, measured about 110 feet from head to tail and was four...

8 Best Innovations in Travel

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:56:28 CDT

Sometimes vacations can be more work then, well... work. Outside finds some gadgets, places and websites that makes the trail run a little smoother. Singapore's Changi Airport The MLC bag from Patagonia GreenGlobe.org

Missing Lake Mystery Solved

J. Kelman — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:58:10 CDT

A Chilean lake that mysteriously went missing between March and May was a casualty of global warming, says the lead scientist investigating its disappearance. Melting glaciers created a stream of water that cracked one of the lake's ice walls, sending the water pouring into an adjoining fjord and, eventually, out...