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The Last Place on Earth Any Tourist Should Go: Take Antarctica off your travel bucket list.
(www.theatlantic.com)
And although scientists who visit the continent to study its life and demise have a clear place here, many sightseers bring a whiff of “last-chance tourism”—a desire to see a place before it’s gone, even if that means helping hasten its disappearance. Perversely, the climate change that imperils Antarctica is making the continent easier to visit; melting sea ice has extended the cruising season.
I hate it here.