Man in Chile arrested over glacier ice theft
February 02 2012
Jorge Montt GlacierAnother possible reason for the supposed glacial loss of the 1% of glaciers worldwide actually being monitored. From BBC News:
Police in the South American country of Chile have arrested a man for stealing part of a glacier.
They found five tonnes of ice in the back of his lorry, which they think came from the Jorge Montt Glacier in Patagonia.
The man might have been taking the ice to the capital city, Santiago, to make ice cubes to put in expensive drinks.
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