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Franz Josef - Climbing Glaciers (some of us that is)

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June 7th 2009
Up early again after the Brewery tour, and a bus ride down to Franz Josef to go see a really big Glacier! Not a long journey today, so only 1 stopover in a sleepy little town for a breakfast break. We arrived at lunch time and immediately set off on a trip to the might Glacier, which is ridiculously impressive! We'd both signed up for the half day glacier climb, but at the last minute, Royston ... 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