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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8825, 17 March 1909, Page 5

"We have been conducting observations at the Franz Josef glacier for the past two years said Dr Lei . ector of New Zealand Geological feurvev. to a Press representative, and we have made a very careful topographical map of that ice-river, using tor the purpose a photo-theodolite. By tnia method the country is surveyed by taicino- photographs from numerous faxed points, and at the same time the angles at which the various fixed points from which the photographs are, taken arc indicated in the photographs. By means we are able to get a great deal more detail than is possible by ordinary methods. Examinations on tho Tosef "lacier were started over a year J In Mr Grevillo, and. were resumed iw this Year. It is intended to me tl y taking observations continue them by to s obsnrva tions from time to time. ± „Tmraetpr have been of a truly scicntific charactoi,. and have been undertaken i , test the vapidity of the flow■ of the •glacier, the advance or retre< _ no . v . frontal face, the extent of t e fields, tho movements of the tribute > glaciers and similar phenomena. ~ Franz Jo.=of glacier is a magnificent feature and, quite apart from its scenic charm, is well worth a visit because n it vou see a glacier of the first order descending to within 700 feet of tU -sea-level, almost free of moraine, nign ■ lv crevassed and bordered with splendid vegetation. It is hoped that a. special professional paper on this glacier will, be published this winter. The observations have been carried on almost continuously all through the winter between the two seasons, but comparatively few men have been employed on the work. _