crevasses forming on the glacier

Up, up and away

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February 9th 2014
Geo: -43.4643, 170.018The only reason people go to Fox Glacier is the overpowerig presence of Mount Cook, Mount Tasman, Fox Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier and all the accompanying stuff of mountains and snow.And the best way to see all this is by helicopter - given their ability to fly high and slow and land on the snowfields high in the mountains.So we squeezed into this little helicoper toge ... 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