That's a trash article, and Antarctica is the last place anyone should worry about cruises going unless they are chopping up penguins for bird-brunch or something.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is not only the cruise itself, but also all the energy spent getting the people and supplies to run the cruise. Plus the ecosystem is especially fragile, and the Antarctic glaciers are melting too fast as it is, calving icebergs which further damage the environment.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's no more energy than going on a Pacific cruise

Ships are actually very energy efficient, those people probably would use more gasoline during their daily commute since each of them would drive a car or take a cab. If they went on a plane somewhere for vacation, it would use a lot more fuel

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don’t cruise ships use bunker fuel?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

They are all taking a plane down to Ushuaia, and from there getting on the cruise ship. So they're doing both.

The big ones are efficient per person, yes, but these ships are smaller.

The worst part of the waste, particulates from combustion, end up on the glacier, darkening it, making it melt even faster.