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The Guiding Company Ltd - Franz Josef Glacier :: Glacier Guiding Westland National Park NZ
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- New Zealand Southern Alps scenery supreme - There are more than 3000 glaciers in New Zealand. Most of them are high in the mountains and only accessed by climbers and skiers. The largest glacier in New Zealand is the Tasman Glacier which is approximately 25 km long and flows toward the east of the south island. The Franz Josef is approximately 10 km long and descends the steep mountain sides to the west. In the Nevé (a huge basin in the mountains between 2500 meters to 1800 meters above sea level) the snow collects. The glacier is formed from the weighty layers of snow compacting into hard blue ice. The pressure of snow above and gravitational pull force the ice down the valley to within 200 meters above sea level and within a few kilometres of the main road. At such low levels the terminal face is constantly melting.
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