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New Zealand - 2004-11-28 - Franz Josef Glacier Park - Glacier Walk (Page 1)
Almost the entire group from the bus did the full day glacier walk. It
was a very expensive activity, but totally worth it. The pictures don't
show the true enormity of the glaciers. They also looked quite different
from what I expected & from what most everyone thought when we talked
about it. For some reason I expected a big sheet of snowy ice. But the
glaciers are at times almost gray. The colors change at the different
levels (which is shown in some of the pictures). The way the glaciers
fill in the area has a lot to do with it as it first fills the side of
the mountains carving of rocks as it goes. That is why there is so much
rock in and below the glaciers. The rock is also compressed by the glacier
giving it a sheet like effect. I also learned that glaciers never recede,
they just sometimes melt faster than they move forward. It was a very
educational & intensive exercise, but a great time.
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