Fox Glacier. Photo ODTA body found in a crevasse on Fox Glacier yesterday may have only been there for a few years, a glaciologist says. However, glaciologist Andrew Mackintosh believed it was more likely the body had only been there about five years. Items moved through the ice in some glaciers faster than in others, so a body moving through the ice at Fox Glacier would likely only take one or two decades to emerge, he said. "If a body turns up in a crevasse, my guess would be that it's actually relatively recent," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 02, 2017 19:07 UTC