After that was Mount Cook. It is a town of about 100 to 150 people way out in the middle of nowhere. It is on the opposite side of the Franz josef glacier we were at a week or so ago. There is no way across the mountain range though. It was a pretty quiet time therre. Part of Brian's bucket list was to touch an iceberg. We had heard there was some really good kayaking on a glacial lake with icebergs so we booked that. We headed out at 10 in a two persom kayak (which every place we have gotten them in has called divorce kayaks). It was probably the calmest kayaking we have done because it was a lake. We got to touch a few of the icebergs while the guide crashed into them trying to make them flip. Then we headed to just under a kilometre from the front of the glacier at one side of the lake. Kayaks can't go closer as big waves form when ice falls off the glacier and they don't trust the kayaks to turn in time. The water is 2 degrees at the surface and 0.5 a foot down and you can't survive long it if you topple. While we were in the middle of the lake we felt a vibration and after the guide called back to base we found out there had been a 4.1 earthquake 20km away. It was good fun but it seems it rather depends on the day as to how good the tour is. That afternoon we went for a walk to see another of the glcial lakes.
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