| A big Conversation

AN article about Antarctic tourism published by The Conversation last week has the cruise industry abuzz, with the story raising the alarm about the more than 100,000 tourists set to visit the continent this season.

The article suggests this season’s visitor numbers are up by more than 40% over Antarctica’s largest pre-pandemic year.

While it notes the tourism industry is “well-run”, with travellers spending a surprisingly short amount of time with boots on the ground itself, it does suggest black carbon from cruise ship funnels and microbes carried in from around the world as points of alarm.

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