Hiking on New Zealand glaciers banned because of rapid melting. Fox and Franz Josef glaciers have been melting at such a rapid rate that it has become too dangerous for tourists to hike onto them from the valley floor, ending a tradition that dates back a century.

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Submitted March 17, 2016 at 03:56AM by Wagamaga http://ift.tt/1RPqX1g