Thieves steal glacial ice by the tonne

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Piece of ice stolen from the Jorge Montt Glacier.

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Chilean police say they have cracked a scheme to steal ice from a disappearing glacier.

The driver of a refrigerator truck was stopped in far southern Patagonia, carrying five tonnes of ice they say was carved from icebergs from the Jorge Montt Glacier.

His plan was to deliver the ice to Santiago, nearly 2200 kilometers to the north, where a company apparently hoped to sell it as ice cubes to upscale bars and restaurants. Now he is under arrest for robbery.

Regional Forestry director Juan Eduardo Barrientos would not identify any of the suspects but said the company had been calling various public officials in hopes of recovering the ice.

Instead, Barrientos said, it has been put in tanks for use as irrigation on farms suffering from drought.

Jorge Montt is retreating by almost one kilometre each year, something which environmentalists blame on man-made climate chang.

Whisky served with glacier ice is a popular drink for tourists in southern Chile, the BBC reported.

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