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Kristine McDivitt Tompkins on a ridge overlooking part of the Patagonia National Park, land she donated to the Chilean government, in Chile, Jan. 30,...

River guides from Rutas Pachamama kayak tours take a group out into the Patagonia National Park in Chile, Feb. 1, 2018. The park is the brainchild of...

River guides from Rutas Pachamama kayak tours take a group out into the Patagonia National Park in Chile, Feb. 1, 2018. The park is the brainchild of...

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins with her dog, Wacho, on a ridge overlooking part of the Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 30, 2018. The park is the br...

Erin Billman, a staffer at Tompkins Conservation, paddles the Cochrane River, part of the Patagonia National Park in Chile, Feb. 1, 2018. The park is...

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins on a ridge overlooking part of the Patagonia National Park, land she donated to the Chilean government, in Chile, Jan. 30,...

Guanacos, a camelid native to South America, in the Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 31, 2018. The par...

Sunrise over snow-capped mountains and the Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Feb. 1, 2018. The park is the b...

Sunrise over snow-capped mountains that line the western edge of the Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan....

The main entrance to the new Patagonia National Park, at the confluence of the Baker and Chacabuco Rivers in Chile, Jan. 31, 2018. The park is the bra...

West Winds Campground, near Patagonia National Park headquarters in Chile, Jan. 31, 2018. The park is the brainchild of Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and...

Sunrise over snow-capped mountains that line the western edge of the Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan....

Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 30, 2018. The park is the brainchild of Kristine McDivitt Tompkins an...

Hikers take in the view of Lake Cochrane and Mount San Lorenzo in the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 31, 2018. The park is the brainchild...

Guanacos, a camelid native to South America, graze near a lake in the Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan....

Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 30, 2018. The park is the brainchild of Kristine McDivitt Tompkins an...

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins during the opening ceremony for Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 29, 2018. Th...

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins during the opening ceremony for Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 29, 2018. Th...

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins during the opening ceremony for Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 29, 2018. Th...

Guanacos, a camelid native to South America, in the Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 29, 2018. The par...

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, third from left, and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, fourth form left, look at a map with others during the opening c...

Guanacos, a camelid native to South America, in the Chacabuco Valley, in the heart of the new Patagonia National Park in Chile, Jan. 29, 2018. The par...

Yvon Chouinard, left, founder of the outdoor-clothing company Patagonia, and the mountaineer Rick Ridgeway visiting the grave of Douglas Tompkins near...