Franz Josef Glacier

RTW Day 41 - Franz Josef

---

March 28th 2018
Not a great start to the day. The bed is ridiculously uncomfortable so I have not slept well and I wake to find my children have been fighting. Quite a feat as they are 7000 miles apart. However, we can hear from the buzzing of helicopters overhead, that the weather has lifted. Helicopter is the only way to access the glaciers. We opt instead for a 90 minute walk up the retreating glacial b ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

---

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