Franz Josef Glacier, South Island, New Zealand

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Mountains and coastline to the glacier, Franz Josef Glacier, South Island, New Zealand travel blog
Mountains and coastline to the glacier
Jan 9, 2006

... of course... After that, nothing worth stopping for except a couple of lake views for 60 miles or so to Franz Josef Glacier. Plenty of straight, fast road and a section which snaked over a place called Mount Hercules! The glacier village is tourist ...

A travel blog entry by emconnolly2000
Franz Josef Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier, South Island, New Zealand travel blog
Franz Josef Glacier
Dec 7, 2006

... bare knees in freezing cold water!                   The Franz Josef glacier is one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world, advancing at about 1 metre per day at the bottom (terminal ...

A travel blog entry by nickandmilly
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It's still really beautiful but COLD!!
May 5, 2008

... spectacular even if your stomach and neck don't necessarily agree at the time or even a bit later! The drive from Wanaka to Franz Josef was stunning -quite a few hairpins so some seriously slow driving of necessity, 25 and 15 km/ph is very slow but any ...

A travel blog entry by sally63howse

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