University of Canterbury glaciologist (and keen climber) Heather Purdie on Scissors Peak in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
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For Canterbury University glaciologist Heather Purdie, the future of ice tourism is more than academic.
When she's not measuring ice, she's climbing it, seeing the change before her very eyes.
She's been doing field work from Tasman Saddle Hut, beside the Tasman Glacier, since the early 2000s. As the ice has thinned, the approach slopes have steepened, making summer access difficult.
Read the full article by Nikki Macdonald on Stuff.co.nz.