South America's glaciers melting faster than in past

Sunday, December 21, 2003

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- When Borge Ousland and Thomas Ulrich trekked across the vast and wild Patagonian glaciers, they braved heavy snows and bitterly cold temperatures -- nothing to make them think the ice was melting beneath their feet.

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