 Poster: A snowHead
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The Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand, is countering global trends by growing significantly. Although the glacier retreated 550m between 1999 and 2003 is it currently advancing by 3m per day, causing hikers' paths to be wiped out.
Climate scientist Jim Salinger attributes the movement to continued cold and stormy weather, which has caused a buildup of snow and ice at the head of the glacier.
Photo: www.AlpineRecreation.co.nz ...
This report from Stuff.co.nz.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 17-01-05 20:11; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thats good to here .. after all the doom and gloom, lets just hope the Northern Glaciers can recover form the battering they've taken. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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This is, of course, no surprise to anyone not taken in by the enviro-loonies.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The only 'enviro-loonies' around are those who believe the human race can just go on polluting the atmosphere with blind disregard to the consequences.
Explain the almost-certain truth that Africa will lose its only snowcap, on Mount Kilimanjaro, within 20 years.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Tue 18-01-05 21:08; edited 1 time in total
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David Goldsmith, I bet you a slap-up meal that in 20 years time that snow cap has not gone. Both of us old but fit so we should be around in 20 years time.
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You're on, John, so long as you're not expecting me to carry the Fortnums hamper to 5895m to verify the evidence.
I look forward to meeting you on 18 January 2025.
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Will this be a snowHeads meet we can all join in on?
It's pretty cold at the top of Kilimanjaro, -17C when I did it. I don't think the glacier melts so much as sublimes (evaporates straight from the solid state). The main factor to the survival of the glacier would be the amount of snowfall, and this is not necessarily dependent on global temperatures. Well, probably is dependent, but I'm not one to say how it is dependent. Is there any record of it ever raining at the summit? That would prove it's getting too warm, but I think warming will have to go a long way to cancel out -17C (that was early morning temperature).
Best of luck chaps, I wouldn't like to bet one way or the other.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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john wells, David Goldsmith, will you be dining at the summit?
I've been doing a little googling, and it looks like it could be a nail-biter!
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Prefer dining at a decent french restaurant in the alps - we can get someone else to check the snow cap.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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More on the advance of the Franz Josef Glacier from tomorrow's (sic) New Zealand Herald.
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A glacier in a state of advance is a different terrain to one in retreat. The pressure of the rapid growth causes the ice to "open like a zip", says Franz Josef Glacier Guides manager Mark Mellsop.
"So from one day to the next the changes are quite marked. A stepline you might have made will become impassable because the ice has split and fallen in, so you have to be able to predict what will happen a couple of days out."
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FAQ
Northern ones will start growing again - jus' give 'em time. 
