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“We are investigating the facts surrounding this incident and will offer our support to the relevant authorities,” the company said.
Tourism to the Antarctic has steadily increased in the last 30 years, with 74,401 people traveling there in the 2019-20 season, according to the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. Roughly 6700 people traveled there in the 1992-93 season, according to the association.
In recent years, some observers have warned that the increase in tourism may not be sustainable and that it could threaten visitor safety or disrupt the fragile environment, which is already straining under the effects of climate change.
It is the beginning of the Antarctic tourism season, which coincides with its summer, beginning in late October or early November and usually lasting until March.
The death on the Viking Cruises ship this past week comes after the death of two other cruise ship passengers in the Antarctic last month. Two Quark Expeditions cruise ship passengers died after one of the ship’s heavy-duty inflatable Zodiac boats overturned near shore, Seatrade Cruise News reported.
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