Chris Shields / Illustration of wildlife of the Andes: South America Alpaca (Vicugna pacos),centre; Cougar / Puma / Mountain lion / Mountain cat / Catamount / Panther (Puma concolor),left; Spectacled / Andean bear (...

Michael Hutchinson / Cerro Fitz Roy with clouds behind, seen across reed-filled lake, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Gabriel Rojo / Aerial view of Lake Huechulafquen with Lanin volcano, Lanin National Park, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Great egret in lake {Ardea alba} La Pampa, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Cerro Torre and Fitzroy reflected in small pond at dawn, Loma Plieque Tumbado, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Konrad Wothe / Ice climber on Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier actively advancing into Lake Argentina, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Robert Fulton / Aerial view of Lago Argentino mountain range, Argentina,

Ben Hall / Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) in flight over lake at dusk, Ibera wetlands / Esteros Del Ibera, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Cuernos del Paine at dawn above Lago Pehoe, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Cuernos del Paine at dawn above Lago Pehoe, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Cuernos del Paine at dawn above Lago Pehoe, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Evening light and clouds at Lago Pehoe with Cuernos del Paine above, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Evening light and clouds at Lago Pehoe with Cuernos del Paine above, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Michael Hutchinson / Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) floating on lake in marsh, Esteros del Ibera, Argentina

Michael Hutchinson / Lake and reeds, Esteros del Ibera, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Cerro Fitz Roy, seen across reed-filled lake, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Aerial view of Lake Nahuel Huapi and the town of Bariloche, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Cerro Fitz Roy and reed-filled lake, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Sunset over lake, Esteros del Ibera, Argentina

Michael Hutchinson / Cerro Fitz Roy and reed-filled lake, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Oriol Alamany / Upsala Glacier (second longest in South America) in Argentino lake, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina, January

Pete Oxford / Port Howard settlement, West Falkland, Falkland Islands

Kevin Schafer / Cuernos del Paine and Lago Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Kevin Schafer / White-tufted Grebe (Rollandia rolland) in a pond, Falkland Islands

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) group feeding in shallow lake with Cuernos del Paine in the background, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Panorama of Nordenskjold Lake surrounded by Cuernos del Paine peaks, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta) family walking across muddy pond, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Theo Allofs / High granite spires, Lago de los Tres and Cerro Fitzroy, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Icefall reflection in lake beneath Frances Mountain, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Moss formations on boulders, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range reflected in lake, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Darwin Range, glacier and lake, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Colin Monteath / Fitzroy Massif reflection in lake at dawn near Poincenot camp, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Cerro Torre and Fitzroy, dawn from Loma Pelique Tumbado, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Flock of Chilean flamingos {Phoenicopterus chilensis} taking off from lake at start of migration, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Flock of Chilean flamingos {Phoenicopterus chilensis} on lake, La Pampa, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Flock of Chilean flamingos {Phoenicopterus chilensis} flying low over lake at start of migration, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Cerro Torre, left, and Fitzroy seen from Loma Pelique Tumbado, with evident terminal moraine, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Camp beside small pond below Fitzroy, autumn, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Daniel Gomez / Nahuel Huapi lake at sunset, Nahuel Huapi NP, Neuquen + Rio Negro provinces, Argentina, South America

Colin Monteath / Blue icebergs at sunset in Lago Grey, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Chilean Firebush (Embothrium coccineum) and iceberg, Lago Grey, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Mt Fitzroy reflected in lake at dawn, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonian Andes, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Mt Fitzroy reflected in lake at dawn, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonian Andes, Argentina

Colin Monteath / Cuernos del Paine at dawn and Lago Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Cuernos del Paine at dawn and Lago Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier, tourist overlook at base of glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier with heavily crevassed fast, flowing ice surface, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier with heavily crevassed fast flowing ice surface, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Granite spires buffeted by storm clouds, Fitzroy Massif, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier being cut back by water pressure from trapped Lake Argentina, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier being cut back by water pressure from trapped Lake Argentina, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier being cut back by water pressure from trapped Lake Argentina, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier advancing across Lake Argentina, seen from Cerro Buenos Aires, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier actively advancing into Lake Argentina, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Glacier spilling down from Cerro Torre, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Daniel Gomez / Cholila lake with Patagonian cypress trees {Austrocedrus chilensis}

Gabriel Rojo / Lake duck, male swimming {Oxyura vittata} Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Lake duck {Oxyura vittata} Macachin, La Pampa, Argentina

Daniel Gomez / Lake Argentino from Road 40, Patagonian steppe, Argentina, South America

Daniel Gomez / Salt lake landscape, San Guillermo biosphere reserve, Central Andes, Argentina. 3500metres

Daniel Gomez / Freshwater lake at 3980metres, San Guillermo Biosphere Reserve, Central Andes, Argentina

Daniel Gomez / Temperate forest beside Lake Menendez, Los Alerces NP, Patagonia, Argentina. Andes

Daniel Gomez / Laguna Galarza, Ibera NR, Argentina

Daniel Gomez / Freshwater lake at 3980 metres, San Guillermo biosphere reserve, Andes, Argentina, South America

Colin Monteath / Clouds over Cuernos del Paine at dawn, Lago Pehoe, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Clouds over Cuernos del Paine at dawn, Lago Pehoe, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Hotel on small island in Lago Pehoe with Cuernos del Paine peaks above, Torres Del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cumulus and lenticular clouds lit by evening sun over lake, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Camper looking at Horns of Paine Mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Cerro Torre and Fitzroy taken from Loma Del Pueque Umbado, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina

Winfried Wisniewski / Cuernos del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Colin Monteath / Mt Fitzroy reflected in lake at dawn, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonian Andes, Argentina

Tui De Roy / Perito Moreno Glacier ploughing into beech forest, damming Lake Argentina, Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina