Fox Glacier's spectacular retreat from gps series Watch Video
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Description: In a series of ice collapses, Fox Glacier retreated by around 300 m between January 2014 and January 2015. As the glacier has thinned over the last few years it has destabilised the side of the valley and you can watch the hillside collapse day by day. Before the first collapse you can see guided groups walking on tracks on the ice, and the whole time people watch from a safe view point (bottom right). This timelapse video is made from (mostly) daily images of the glacier.nnThese images were tak
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