2nd feb.

have spent day on the Franz Josef Glacier. initially sheeting with rain this morning but the trip went ahead - better views of the waterfalls, then on the guided ice walk, you are taken past the public no go area, wade through streams , approach the ice ,put on your crampons and climb up the ice through blue ice tunnels and a lot more, it was stunning. plus the sun did come out. This glacier tumbles down the valley in the making, to disgorge into a river only a few meters above sea level, like a primitive form of the older glacial valleys in Scotland. Walk price included entry to the hot pools -very nice have just returned