Police in the south of Chile have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier.
Officials in the town of Cochrane found five tonnes of ice in the back of his truck.
Scientists say the glacier, in the Patagonia region, is retreating faster than any other in Chile.
Police suspect the ice was destined for the capital, Santiago, to make gourmet ice cubes for use in upmarket bars and restaurants.
The BBC's Gideon Long, in Santiago, says tourists in southern Chile are often served whisky chilled with glacial ice - which has an extra kudos because it comes directly from the glaciers.
According to El Mercurio, the driver is accused of theft, but prosecutors are also considering bringing charges under the national monuments act.
The paper says the ice found in the back of the vehicle was worth about 3 million pesos (6,100$).
The shrinking glacier is in the Bernardo O'Higgins national park, the largest protected area in Chile How is this illegal? Granted I know as much about Chilean customs as I do about Capri Sun Shipping regulations. Why the fuck would I ever go to Chile? But these dudes are just grinding out the Patagonia Glacier game. If you whip your little dingy fishing boat 30 miles, carve out, haul, and distribute 5 tons worth of frozen H20 glacier dust in my "Chilean Whiskey" I might have to swing on by for Cinco De Mayo or something. Plus I'd be a fucking millionaire down there! 2 grand gets you a million pesos? Don't mind if I do.
"What are you drinking, Bobby?"
"Ittt....its...wa.wata from a-a Glacier"
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