On our way

Franz Josef Glacier

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April 3rd 2007
Had a really good day today. We went on a 6 hour hike up Franz Josef Glacier...it was amazing. To make it up we had to squeeze through some tight squeezes through ice tunnels and passages (you will see the smallest passage in the pics). I here you ask "how did that fat git fit through there?"...somehow I did. Although it was nerve racking at when you first saw the small hole you had to fit thr ... read more

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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