More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer. Should we worry about damage to the ice and its ecosystems?
- Written by: Elizabeth Leane, Professor of English and Associate Dean, Research Performance, University of Tasmania
Author providedAs the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Travelling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage below Patagonia, destined for the polar continent of Antarctica.
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