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This is what the scientists are looking for: a clear snowline. This picture of the Rolleston glacier, taken during this year's survey, the previous year's snow shows grey, and the current year's snow is white.
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:56AM
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Mt Aspiring's Bonar Glacier this year displayed a reasonably clear end of summer snowline. The glacier lost more ice mass than it gained in the period April 2008–March 2009
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:55AM
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Large chunks of ice are calving off Park Pass Glacier into a pro-glacial lake. At the top of the glacier, above the crevasses, this season's snow is visible as white patches
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:55AM
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