Ferry carrying over 600 people runs aground near Seattle
CBSAPR 2 2023
This incident underscores the effect that increasingly popular Arctic tourism risks posing to the environment. While companies profiteer from the willingness of the most privileged to pay significant sums to experience the Arctic in luxury, the question must be asked whether these sorts of excursions are really justifiable.
Ocean Explorer has been clear that the ship poses no threat to the environment and that passengers have been receiving all medical treatment necessary. However, given that the Ocean Explorer is presented by its company's website as being designed to handle remote destinations, it must be investigated why this occurred in the first place.