Franz Joseph Glacier

Anticipation built up inside me as the clouds rolled in and it started to drizzle on our drive to the Franz Joseph Glacier. As I see it, there is no better way to see the rawness of the New Zealand landscape than on an overcast day. As we walked up to the glacier, I felt home. If one can call home a feeling rather than a place with four walls. The air was crisp, I had my favourite human beside me and I was reminded, as I often am, that some of the most magnificent things that exist in this world are created without human intervention. From the glacier that towered above us to a tiny collection of moss keeping a colony of microbes alive, I was in awe. Minutes turned into hours and before we knew it we had spent half a day completing a walk that was supposed to take one hour. It was nice to get lost in the moment with ‘experience’ being the only item on the agenda.

"Search
for the quiet
within the storm"

- Satsuki Shibuya

Franz Joseph
43.4639° S, 170.1883° E


FIN.