Antarctica tourism surge raises biosecurity concerns

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica has highlighted a growing tourism trend. Visits to the southern continent are soaring as advances in shipbuilding couple with fears among visitors that the icy landscapes may melt away due …

BRUSSELS (AP) Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may be irreversibly melting away because of climate change, tourism to the bottom of the world is soaring. And experts w…

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