SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Mount Cook Glacial advances  May 2, 2009 They found that within that timeframe, the glaciers around Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest peak, reached their largest extent about 6,500 years ago, when the Swiss Alps and Scandinavia were relatively warm. That's about 6,000 years before northern glaciers hit their Holocene peak during the Little Ice Age, between 1300 and 1860 AD.. (EurekAlert!) Southern Glaciers Grow Out Of Step With North  May 1, 2009 They found that the glaciers around Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest peak, reached their largest extent in the past 7,000 years about 6,500 years ago, when the Swiss Alps and Scandinavia were relatively warm. That's about 6,000 years before northern glaciers hit their Holocene peak during the Little Ice Age, between 1300 and 1860 AD.. (Science Daily) Alpine Climbing in the Southern Alp...  Feb 24, 2009 Guide book: Alex Palman, Aoraki Mount Cook: A Guide For Mountaineers. (NZAC, 2001). (Suite101.com) Back to Geography News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009