My Planet Experience
Traffic jam - Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Return of a guided tour on the Franz Josef Glacier - Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere in Māori - a 12 km long glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
It’s a challenging walk, that offers superb views of the glacier, the surrounding mountains, and the Tasman Sea, by a clear day.
This is The early Maori knew Franz Joseph as Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere (Tears of the Avalanche Girl). Legend tells of a girl losing her lover who fell from the local peaks, and her flood of tears freezing into the glacier.
It’s the world’s fastest moving glacier – moving at speeds of up to one meter per day. Franz Josef Glacier is located only 300 meters above sea level and is surrounded near its base by temperate rainforest.
The glacier was still advancing until 2008, but since then it has entered a very rapid phase of retreat. As is the case for most other New Zealand glaciers which are mainly found on the eastern side of the southern alps, the shrinking process is attributed to global warming.
Traffic jam - Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Return of a guided tour on the Franz Josef Glacier - Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere in Māori - a 12 km long glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
It’s a challenging walk, that offers superb views of the glacier, the surrounding mountains, and the Tasman Sea, by a clear day.
This is The early Maori knew Franz Joseph as Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere (Tears of the Avalanche Girl). Legend tells of a girl losing her lover who fell from the local peaks, and her flood of tears freezing into the glacier.
It’s the world’s fastest moving glacier – moving at speeds of up to one meter per day. Franz Josef Glacier is located only 300 meters above sea level and is surrounded near its base by temperate rainforest.
The glacier was still advancing until 2008, but since then it has entered a very rapid phase of retreat. As is the case for most other New Zealand glaciers which are mainly found on the eastern side of the southern alps, the shrinking process is attributed to global warming.