Life around the glacierPasterze is located within the «Nationalpark Hohe Tauern». The land around the glacier thus is a haven for wildlife. | ||
 Marmot above the lateral moraine from the Little Ice Age |  Marmot family near the «Gamsgrubenweg», a popular hiking route along the glacier tongue |  Edelweiss between the mountain glacier Südliches Bockkarkees and Pasterze |
 Edelweiss on the south-facing slope above the tongue of Pasterze |  Yellow Mountain Saxifrage (saxifraga aizoides) in the lateral moraine of Pasterze |  A bone, probably from the foreleg of a chamois, found on the glacier proves that animals cross the ice and sometimes perish on the glacier. |
| All photos were taken on 6th and 7th August 2009 by Jürg Alean. | ||