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Crossing the couloir. Under fire!

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Date

[2 March 1882]

Artist

William Spotswood Green (1847-1919)

Collective Title

Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22851503

Description

Green and his two companions crossing a snow and ice-filled corridor between two rock faces on Mount Cook. The three men are roped together and have ice-axes. They are having to dodge a large chunk of ice that has broken off the ice cliff of the glacier above them.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Aoraki / Mount Cook, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Mountains
Snow

Category

People & Society

Glossary
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