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This entire zone is compressed between the ferocious Tasman Sea and the towering Southern Alps. We encounter two of the planet's largest tectonic plates in relentless collision

We see the uplifting, tearing and splitting of the earth's outer shell . Gigantic glaciers tear open the huge the intercontinental fault and move billions of cu metres of material from the mountains towards the sea.

We see the action and effects of the  "Roaring Forties" storms that annually release 7 metres of rain and  70 metres of snow to powers the giant glaciers.  Multitudes of rivers explode with raging torrents rinse the shattered land.  After the storms they quickly return to quiet

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