The glacier wall

Glacier Central

---

March 25th 2007
We continued our journey down the coast to Franz Josef, a tiny town of about 300 people, one cash machine and about 2 roads with anything of interest on. Our driver Lauren put her foot down in order to get there so that we could do our heli-hike on the glacier, as the weather was perfect we had to grab the opportunity to get up on the glacier. franz Josef has something like 200 rain days a year s ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

---

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more