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Story: Glaciers and glaciation

Promoting Franz Josef

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Promoting Franz Josef

Because the Franz Josef Glacier is easily accessible by road, it has long been regarded as a tourist highlight. This cover of a booklet from 1935 shows how accessible the glacier was from a tourist hotel.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Franz-1935-01-cover

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Eileen McSaveney, Glaciers and glaciation – Glaciers and people, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/10756/promoting-franz-josef (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 April 2021.