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2009-04-09 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Obama administration seeking to limit Antarctica tourism

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Posted by Seafarious 2009-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11123 views ] Top

#1 "The Obama administration is pushing to protect Antarctica's fragile environment by imposing mandatory limits on the size of cruise ships sailing there and the number of passengers they bring ashore."

Since when does the US control Antarctica?

The new US proposal contains no specific enforcement mechanism or penalties for limiting tourist operations. But it would require signatories to the pact to ensure that Antarctic tour operators bar ships with more than 500 passengers from landing sites, restrict landings to one vessel at a time per site and limit passengers on shore to 100 at a time.

WHAT!!!??? So I can have 1000 "sites" with 10 ships having 500 passengers each lined up ... with 100 ashore at a time at each of the 1000 sites ... how the hell does that "limit" anything?

This is going to get into parsing exactly what a "site" is and how far one "site" has to be from another "site" to be considered a different "site".

We are an idiocracy.

Posted by crosspatch 2009-04-09 03:58|| 2009-04-09 03:58|| Front Page Top

#2 This is the most pressing issue at the State Department?

That's the one where they can actually get their way.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-04-09 03:58|| 2009-04-09 03:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Congressional Black Caucus members to visit Jackass Penguin colony representatives at Port Lockroy in 5, 4, 3, 2......

Posted by Besoeker 2009-04-09 08:53|| 2009-04-09 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The new US proposal contains no specific enforcement mechanism or penalties for limiting tourist operations.

So...what's the point of the exercise? Or maybe that is the point...

Posted by tu3031 2009-04-09 09:45|| 2009-04-09 09:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe they can get the Sea Shepherds to enforce this. They can throw the smelly acid on the tourists and foul the props of the cruise ships.

Attention Pacific Princess, you are in violation of the sacred Antarctic Treaty, specifically the Obama amendment

Posted by john frum 2009-04-09 09:54|| 2009-04-09 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Heh. Maybe Cuba will start offering cruises to Antarctica, complete with child prostitutes and drugs. Just make sure that when you get to the South Pole you don't get your passport stamped.

Liberals are just so f&%^king stupid.

Posted by Iblis 2009-04-09 14:01|| 2009-04-09 14:01|| Front Page Top

#7 As long as they don't try to cancel my trip to the sun...

Posted by mjhlaw 2009-04-09 14:52|| 2009-04-09 14:52|| Front Page Top

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