Fox Glacier

At the Sign of the Prancing Pony

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November 19th 2007
After a whirlwind few days in Queenstown, it was time to take it a little easier up the West Coast of the South Island. We were in Glacier country. 2 massive glaciers begin up in the Southern Alps and extend down the range. They used to go all the way to the coast, but now they end a few hundred yards away. It is the only place in the world you will see glaciers in the rain forest (except for 1 ... 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