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Mount Fitzroy
Southern and Central Andes and Patagonia
Patagonian Desert
Perito Moreno glacier
Patagonian cavy
guanacos
Patagonia: cattle drive
Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park
guanaco
Listen to a farmer talking about raising sheep in Patagonia
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