The Franz Josef Glacier
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Mike and Liz Downing
Sat 26 Mar 2011 09:54
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The Franz Josef glacier, a 30 minute drive to the
north of Fox, is in a wider valley, but the walk up the valley to
the face is longer, taking about 1 1/2 hours to get there. It's a shorter
glacier, but much straighter and more direct.
 Walking up the scree-strewn valley - helped
by these bridges.
 A pretty waterfall en
route.
 The terminal face of Franz
Josef.
 A close-up of the face, with a torrent of
water coming out from under the ice and a stream
flowing
down from on top of the ice creating a small
waterfall.
 Looking up the glacier. It's much straighter than
the Fox glacier.
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