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Tasman Glacier

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Tasman Glacier

Glacier in the Southern Alps, in the south of South Island, New Zealand, on the east side of Mount Aoraki, 29 km/18 mi long and 2 km/1.25 mi wide. It is a tourist attraction, particularly for glacier skiing. The glacier was mapped and named in 1862 by Julius von Haast.
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CAPTION(S): Tasman Glacier, New Zealand Nicola Graham and Bim Hargreaves; Florida, 9,000ft Nicole Angelides and Ramsey Kent; Bahamas Elizabeth Parkinson and Paul Noakes Pictures: BARCROFT MEDIA; Lanseria, South Africa Kevin Richard and Helga van Der Merwe
EXTREME SCRABBLE; The last word in daredevil thrills by The Mirror (London, England)
Tasman Glacier in New Zealand has thinned by about 200 meters on average since the 1970s.
THE MELTING OF THE WORLD'S ICE by World Watch
To begin our second week, we turn north following the coastline to Oamaru, then inland to Lake Pukaki - a legacy of the retreating Tasman Glacier that has cut a deep trough from the flanks of 12,349-foot Mt.
Travel PSA to New Zealand: March 14-April 3, 1997 by Lyons, Don / PSA Journal
 
 
 
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