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Tourists, Franz Josef Glacier

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Tourists, Franz Josef Glacier

New Zealand’s glaciers are a major tourist attraction. These tourists – nearly all from overseas – are edging their way through a crevasse on the Franz Josef Glacier. Several hundred people take guided walks over the glacier each day.

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Andy Dennis, Mountains – Mountains and New Zealand culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14329/tourists-franz-josef-glacier (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Andy Dennis, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.