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Hochstetter Icefall. Mount Cook to left. N. Zealand Alps.

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Date

[March 1882]

Artist

William Spotswood Green (1847-1919)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22722618

Description

A view from the Tasman Glacier looking straight up the Hochstetter Glacier with Haast Ridge on the right. The Hochstetter Icefall ends in a small lake. In the background are Mount Tasman on the right and Mount Cook on the left. In the middle ground are Green and his two companions Kaufmann and Boss. A camera tripod is to the right of the men. On the verso is a schematic outline of the watercolour, with features named and 'Line of ascent, March 1, 2 & 3 1882' marked in front of Mount Tasman and pointing up Mount Cook. Green also mentions that the outline [and therefore probably the watercolour] is taken from a photograph taken at the time. The inscriptions on the verso also include the phrase The great Tasman Glacier [from which the view is taken]

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Hochstetter Dome, Whataroa, New Zealand

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Mountains
Ice

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

Hochstetter Dome is located at the head of the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park. (https://www.alpineguides.co.nz/hochstetter-dome)

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