New Zealand

Aotearoa/New Zealand 2012


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What you can discover along the way, young silver fern

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through the bush on the way to Fox Glacier

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After the bush the clear view to the Fox Glacier. The Fox Glacier within Westland National Park is a valley glacier. Its feeding area is the highest peak of the New Zealand Alps "Mt.Cook". The glacier reaches a sea level of about 300 m.

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look up to the rugged fox glacier

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we are getting closer and closer to the glacier gate

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the clear glacier water flows into the Tasman Sea

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Here you can see very well the vegetation border, where the glacier ice reached until about 2008

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In 2008 there was no such beautiful grass here

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the glacier gate with the striking vegetation line of 2008

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the end for tourists, from here it needs alpine experience my son with the cardboard ranger who draws attention to the dangers of the glacier

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the weather worsens and we take another look at the glacier's feeding areas in the clouds of Mount Cook

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along the west coast on the way north unfortunately a bit rainy and stormy

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The birds also enjoy the trees here in New Zealand seen on the way to Lake Mapourika

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Lake Mapourika It is the largest of the West Coast lakes. The water from the glacier melt is no longer drained into the lake, it is filled with fresh rainwater. This flows through the forest floor, collecting various tannins that give it the dark color. Because it is almost always windless here, the water of the lake remains calm and you can make wonderful reflex images.

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another reflection on Lake Mapouriaki

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Sometimes when you look in the region you think you are in the jungle

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Hokitika / Glock Tower Founded during the Gold Rush in the mid-19th century, it became the trading center for coal, jade and gold. Dairy farming , tourism and Jade carving are today the largest branches of employment.

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Driftwood art on the beach of Hokitika

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