By MaryToday we climbed a GLACIER! We hiked a long way over a mountain to reach the Fox Glacier. We stopped to rest at a stream of icy cold water. We scooped the delicious water with our hands. It was good but very cold. On the 
glacier you could still wear a t-shirt and shorts. We wore special shoes with crampons. They had weird pointy, sharp metal spikes to grab onto the ice so we wouldn't slip and fall. We also had poles.
Our guide had a pick axe to chop the ice to make it easier to
walk on. The glacier was moving along each day because snow falls at the top and melts at the bottom which makes the delicious water.
Sometimes I felt very nervous that I would fall down a never- 
glacier you could still wear a t-shirt and shorts. We wore special shoes with crampons. They had weird pointy, sharp metal spikes to grab onto the ice so we wouldn't slip and fall. We also had poles.Our guide had a pick axe to chop the ice to make it easier to
walk on. The glacier was moving along each day because snow falls at the top and melts at the bottom which makes the delicious water.
ending crack, which were all over the glacier!
That looks really cool. Get it - cool? Did you have to be very careful because of the deep cracks? I felt like I was falling down a never-ending crack, but I'm on holiday now and the feeling went away. Weird.
ReplyDeleteIs the glacier disappearing like some of the ones in Alberta and BC? We too had to be careful of where we walked because of the deep crevasses.
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