Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:56:44 PM
The South Pole has become a popular tourism destination recently with more than 40,000 sight-seers, including 7,000 from Britain, arriving in the area every year. Most travel in cruise ships to view the ice caps and wildlife such as penguins.
But it is feared the influx of "eco-tourists is causing "horrendous" pollution from ship fuel and rubbish, as well as disturbing wildlife in one of the last pristine landscapes left on Earth.
How exactly does fuel and rubbish cause global warming in Antarctica? I guess the smoke coming from the ships could be a problem. Global warming is global, right? So how is that some tourists show up in Antarctica and they are somehow causing global warming just there?
Looks to me like they are using the word rather loosly these days.