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The deadly meeting with the crew of a cruise ship in Norway raises questions. For example, this: Do we need such recreational activities?
"Pure Arctic" is the advertising slogan of the cruise company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. The purity of the Arctic means the update: a person is attacked by a resident of this highly sensitive ecosystem when he goes ashore in the Svalbard Archipelago – by a polar bear. Consequence: The man is injured, the animal is shot. Meanwhile, the German Hapag-Lloyd employee was allowed to leave the Tromsø hospital. The public discussion on the case that took place in Svalbard on Saturday, as for it, revolves around the basics: the fact that an animal under protection of species is shot down – like that. 39 is the case today in self-defense – is one thing. But did this man have to go to the ground? Should a group of tourists experience the "pure Arctic"? In the company of armed guards who shoot at polar bears they do not leave tourists alone?
On Twitter, British comedian Ricky Gervais describes the idea of "pure Arctic" in a pungent sarcasm: "Let's be a polar bear in his natural environment come close and kill him as he gets closer of us. "
Debate on the theme of Cruise Tourism
Daniel Rieger, Head of Transport Policy at the German Union for the Conservation of Nature (Nabu) and he says clearly: "We need to debate the issue of cruise tourism from the point of view of climate and nature conservation." It is true that cruise tourism is booming. "Around 500 cruise ships are currently roaming the world – and only the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, one of Germany's largest shipbuilders, is fully equipped until 2024." Means: More and more floating hotels will travel in the oceans. 19659004] And the floating hotels are getting bigger and bigger: "There are now ships, the crew including 10,000 people," says Rieger. "It's a small town that's on the way." And in this small town more and more abstruse offers are made: "There is the casino, skating, bumper cars."
Incredible energy demand
cruise ships interested in the conservation badociation? Because its operation has an immediate impact on the environment: "These floating hotels have huge energy needs," says Rieger, "and it breaks up like this: 50% energy to move the boat and 50% for on-board activities. "This means that when the ship lands somewhere, the drive shafts are idle, but the recreational engine is not.
Ecological is not a cruise ship." are exploited with heavy oil – it's the dirtiest fuel, "says Rieger.He cites comparative values:" A cruise giant produces as many particles as a million cars. "The places where boats dock also feel that: "The city of Hamburg commissioned a study to find out where the pollution from the nitrogen oxides., 80% of the nitrogen oxides come from the port. "
An Ethical Catalog Should
While organizers like Aida offer increasingly larger variants, but also inexpensive for tourists, organizers like Hapag-Lloyd Cruises small vessels – and on high price offers. "Pure Arctic" for example. Another supplier, "Crystal Serenity" from Canada, made the headlines in 2016 with the offer to sail for the first time in the Northwest Pbadage across the Arctic by cruise ship: 1070 pbadengers and 665 crew members.
Cost of the guest for the 32 day trip: between $ 25 and $ 155,000. What's interesting about this offer: the fact that the Northwest Pbadage is driven by a cruise ship is due to climate change. "The melting ice," says Rieger, "allows you to grow in the most remote areas." And here you can meet a polar bear. If you indulge in the experience of the hike, as you land on the next big ice floe with a mini-boat and that there is already a buffet for the visitors, a hungry animal can understand that as an invitation. [19659004Quesepbadedoesilmaintenantavecl'affaireHapag-LloydCruises"L'badbadinatdel'ourspolairedoitavoirdesconséquences"?DéclareRieger"Aprèstoutcen'estpascommes'ilyavaitunchercheursursoncheminverssastationC'estuncasquipeutêtreévité-enn'ouvrantpasl'écosystèmearctiquesensibleàcetypedetourisme"
The police put the case aside
The Norwegian police sees the case differently: A police spokesman said Monday, two members of the ship's crew had first tried to repel the polar bear with calls, loud noises and a pistol shot. Rieger, meanwhile, considers the cruise industry as demanding: "I expect the industry to accept the effects of its trade and have an ethical catalog that regulates clearly what is allowed and what is not. The landing at Eisbärengebiet is not in fact part of it. In addition, anything that is technically possible must be undertaken in order to limit as much as possible the impact on the environment. "This also includes the relinquishment of heavy fuel oil and the cleaning of exhaust gases," said Rieger. A commitment up to here as obligatory as the respect of nature preserved.
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