The glacier from the view point

The Franz Joseph Glacier...

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May 7th 2006
The Ice Climb We arrived at the small town of Frans Joseph, famous for it unique glacier that decends from the mountains into sub-tropical rainforest!! We had decided to book the 'Ice Climb' - which is the most difficult of the various expeditions on the glacier!! bring it on badger! We left at 7.45am :o( ...headed towards the MASSIVE glacier armed with full-on sharp Crampons (shar ... 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