Is it the end of the line for Antarctic cruise ships?

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7-02-2010 @ 4:16PM

James said...

People like Joe need to wise up. It's not saying you won't be able to go Antarctica. Just the large cruise ships will be banned, it even states you would still able to take smaller ships there. Why the ban? First of all the amount of fuel in these ships is staggering. If there were an incident involving a major fuel spill it would be devasting to the ecosystem. I have been to Antarctica to shoot a documentary on an anti whaling campaign. Every year the Japanese goverment sends a factory ship down there that processes the illegally harvested whales. If that ship were to sink, the damage would be irreperable. By the way that ship has caught fire twice already and nearly sunk both times. Maybe this ban would help to keep that ship out of the Antarctic sanctuary. So John if your argument is that you want to go there because of your right to travel, then why argue against a ruling that would help maintain a healthy ecosystem so everyone can enjoy it?

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