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| Fox Glacier ice cave |
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| River emerging from Fox Glacier |
People are often quite astonished to discover that New Zealand has growing glaciers -- it perhaps does not seem cold enough, but the Southern Alps provide a perfect environment for the mountain glaciers to feed the coastal ice flows that end in the rain forest not far from the ocean's edge.
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| Fox Glacier -- rainforest surrounding it |
Very accessible in around an hour's walk from the main road, but surrounded by spectacular high peaks, they are a magical other-worldly place to visit. Like most other place's on New Zealand's West Coast South Island, there are minimal people living anywhere closeby allowing it to remain untouched and wild.
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| Franz Josef Glacier |
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Glacier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Glacier
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