Story: Glaciers and glaciation

More links and websites

• All about glaciers

  From the National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, this site gives a general account of glaciers.

• Glacier Country

  This site is a visitor guide to the Franz Josef and Fox glaciers.

• Glaciers of New Zealand

  This study by Trevor Chinn outlines the changes in New Zealand’s snowlines and glaciers, using data from satellite imagery, aerial photographs and field measurements.

More suggestions and sources

• Chinn, Trevor, and Glen Coates. The glaciated landscape of Mount Cook. Information Series 21. Lower Hutt: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, 1993.
• Coates, Glen. The rise and fall of the Southern Alps. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002.
• Coates, Glen, and Trevor Chinn. The Franz Josef and Fox glaciers. Information Series 2. Lower Hutt: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, 1993.
• Dennis, Andy, and Jane Pearson, ed. The story of Mount Cook National Park. 6th ed. Arthur’s Pass: Department of Lands and Survey, 1986.
• Potton, Craig. From mountains to sea – the story of Westland National Park. Wellington: Department of Lands and Survey, 1985.