The Glacier Face

This is the face of Fox Glacier, while it may look like rocks, the front part is actually just dirty ice where it has been receeding.

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Glacier Hiking on Mt. Cook

October 13th 2005
I just turned 25; so to mark the milestone I spent my birthday hiking a glacier on Mt. Cook. Mt. Cook is New Zealand’s largest mountain located on the West Coast, it is also home to the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers and temperate rain forests. The Fox glacier is a little further south than Franz Josef, and while it is bigger its not quite as popular as Franz Josef. According to our guide, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Glaciers

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

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