In a series of ice collapses, this timelapse captures how Fox Glacier retreated by around 300 metres between January 2014 and January 2015.

A time-lapse video has captured the rapid retreat of Fox Glacier on the South Island's West Coast.

Images taken each day between January 2014 and January 2015 show a series of ice collapses as a result of climatic change.

The video captures the changes of the glacier thinning away, senior research fellow at the Antarctic Research Centre Dr Brian Anderson said.

"You can watch the hillside collapse day by day," Anderson, who uploaded the video, wrote.

The images were taken as part of a Victoria University study into glaciers of the central Southern Alps.