How to make ice cubes

First, take one large glacier. Here´s one we prepared earlier.
This is the Franz Josef glacier on the West coast of NZ South Island. To get here you drive through wild country in the centre of the island, through the Haast pass. This is so remote that there are no radio stations picked up on the car radio for 3 hours of the drive.

We brought some tourists along and put them in the picture to give you an idea of the scale of the glacier.
The river of ice makes its way down the mountain and meltwater flows from underneath. Every so often a large chunk breaks off - this can be the size of a bus so can be quite dangerous to get to near. Also, not very practical as you need a huge G&T glass .. but anyway, moving on...


As the meltwater flows out from under the base of the glacier some of these huge ice cubes make there way to the bar (I mean down the valley). Ok, where did I put that bottle of Gordons. L: "Can I have a slice of lemon in mine please ?"

D: For god's sake !!
The things D does to keep his woman happy!
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