Antarctic Cruise Tourism Faces Workforce Reckoning as Guides Question Climate Impact
New research published in The Conversation highlights why some former Antarctic expedition guides left their roles, citing moral conflict over rising cruise tourism, climate change and pressure on fragile polar environments.
Antarctic expedition cruising is facing a difficult reputational and operational question: what happens when the people employed to interpret and protect the destination no longer believe the model is sustainable?
A new article in The Conversation, drawing on interviews with 25 former Antarctic tour guides, reports that some guides have left what many would consider dream jobs because of growing discomfort with the environmental impact of cruise tourism in the region.
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