On the glacier

Glacier walk

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September 11th 2007
Today we headed up the Franz Josef Glacier - a glacier that is moving at rate of up to 5m a day in the middle of a tropical rainforest!. We were originally going to do a half day trip but we heard that we wouldn't get to see much - so instead we got up at 6.30am and did the whole day (8hrs on the ice!). The walk from the car park took about 45mins to the foot of the glacier and then we had to ... 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