Should tourists go to Antarctica?

The world's largest coal field

wilderness = area with no people and no agriculture because the difficult living conditions

set foot in somewhere also set foot on somewhere to visit or go to a place

ice caps thick layer of ice covering permanently an area of land

global warming = the increase in world temperatures due to the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

to disinfect to clean something using chemicals or vacuum to kill or remove bacteria. vacuum = hoover.

And in this programme we're talking about tourism, but in a very special place: Antarctica. It is considered the last great wilderness on Earth.

Wilderness means an area with no people and no agriculture because of the difficult living conditions.

Not so few – about 37,000 tourists are expected there this season.

Many don't go ashore but there's no denying that it disturbs the environment.

We're asking if it is fair for tourists to set foot – it means to go to - such a sensitive environment.

I've been reading that the ice caps – these are the thick layers of ice permanently covering a vast area of land in the Arctic and Antarctic - are melting due to global warming.

global warming is the increase in world temperatures due to the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

But penguins aside, what large resource can be found in Antarctica? That's my question for you today.

I'm all too aware that this is not my habitat. Like a scuba diver under the sea I'm an alien visitor in the penguins' world

Am I just by setting foot on this extraordinary continent polluting the last great wilderness on Earth?

And we all go to the same places, the accessible coastline, which is also where the penguins and seals go to breed.

Nonetheless, he argues, carefully controlled tourism is not just okay but useful.

And tourism creates a global constituency of people ready to support and indeed fund its preservation.

Antarctica needs advocates. And tourism creates a global constituency of people ready to support and indeed fund its preservation

Antarctica needs advocates. And tourism creates a global constituency of people ready to support and indeed fund its preservation

Antarctica needs advocates. And tourism creates a global constituency of people ready to support and indeed fund its preservation.

Not everyone is convinced that the benefits outweigh the risks, but most are pragmatic:

Not everyone is convinced that the benefits outweigh the risks, but most are pragmatic:

pargmatyczny to najprosciej oparty na faktach. czlowiek pragmatyczny kieruje sie faktami i zdrowym rozsadkjkiem w przeciwienstwie do ludzi kierujacych sie uczuciami

when they go back to their countries, they defend conservation and give money to organisations which work for the preservation of the environment.

We're given a mandatory briefing before gathering for a “vacuum party”

The definition of mandatory is something that is required.

We bio secure ourselves hovering our clothes and kit and disinfecting our boots to ensure we introduce no alien species to Antarctica.

We bio secure ourselves hovering our clothes and kit and disinfecting our boots to ensure we introduce no alien species to Antarctica.

And now no one is able to mine the coal because the Antarctic Treaty has banned the exploitation of resources for 50 years.

I've seen foxes in the zoo, but not in their natural habitat

The definition of a habitat is the natural environment of someone or something. An example of habitat is the desert to a camel. An example of habitat is the library to law students.

Nonetheless is defined as however. Nonetheless, we have learned much.

Niemniej jednak, dużo się nauczyliśmy.

This is to avoid the risk of contaminating the region.

And now no one is able to mine the coal because the Antarctic Treaty has banned the exploitation of resources for 50 years.