Glacial changes
Greymouth reporter “Exciting developments” on both the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers have been reported by the chief ranger of the Westland National Park Board, Mr Alan Cragg. Both glaciers have been receding in recent years, but Mr Cragg has told a meeting of the West Coast National Parks and Reserves Board that the new developments were I particularly evident at
Franz Josef where the trunk height of the glacier was increasing daily. The Mount Cook Lines helipad and hut at Luncheon Rock may have to be resited as ice had had to be blasted away to provide clearances for the helicopter to land, Mr Cragg said. “At Fox Glacier, large caves have been forming and tall pinnacles are being thrust up with incredible ice pressures,” he said.
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