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| Peep through the Iceberg Photo by divedivajade |
Even with the harsh conditions in Antarctica, like the isolation, snow, ice, high winds and raging seas, these reasons will still see the throngs of people, around 11,200 of them except for perhaps 130 tourists, aboard cruise liners this coming tourist season. While that total is only about 400 more than the number of visitors last season mid November through February, it is 70 percent higher than the 6,585 previous seasons. Antarctica's many watchers are growing worried towards its environment and warned that Antarctic visitors could grow by the thousands annually.
