Will Antarctica be changed by big cruise ship?
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:23 am
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A big cruise ship due to sail Antarctic waters next January will change the face of tourism in one of the world's great wilderness areas, a New Zealand polar academic said Thursday.
The Golden Princess, due to make a three-week voyage through the islands, straits and channels of the Antarctic Peninsula, is 10 times bigger than cruise ships now plying Antarctica's waters, and can carry 3,700 passengers and crew.
"It's evidence of the changing structure of the Antarctic tourism industry as it moves away from smaller vessels toward much larger vessels," Alan Hemmings, a polar policy specialist at Canterbury University, told New Zealand's National Radio.
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The Golden Princess, due to make a three-week voyage through the islands, straits and channels of the Antarctic Peninsula, is 10 times bigger than cruise ships now plying Antarctica's waters, and can carry 3,700 passengers and crew.
"It's evidence of the changing structure of the Antarctic tourism industry as it moves away from smaller vessels toward much larger vessels," Alan Hemmings, a polar policy specialist at Canterbury University, told New Zealand's National Radio.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14714542/
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