Fox Glacier - Very Cool!

Fox Glacier

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January 1st 2007
Left Franz Josef this morning. We were going to do a helicopter flight over the mountains but the clouds had moved ion and it was raining when we intended to go so it was cancelled due to bad weather. We drove to see the Fox Glazier which was very cool. The only place in the entire world where glaciers meet with tropical rainforests at the base.... ... 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