Global warming reveals the Heart of Antarctica

First of all, global warming is when the earth’s temperature rises. It is affecting many parts of the world and makes the sea rise, or the ice melt. But even if it’s known for its many drawbacks, it’s easier to reach many places such as the Antarctica, thanks to the ice-melting. It gives more access to beautiful landscapes: not only in the poles but also in the mountains, as we can see on the picture. As a result, the global warming gives a great opportunity for the adventure travel industry. Indeed, it “has had an adverse effect on activities” L.1-2, that are decreasing, such as “coral-reef diving”, or “polar-bear watching” L.2. The ice melting allows developing new tours or cruises L.5 “new adventures are emerging” and many activities that tourists can do, that are even more thrilling than those existing so far.
In fact, vessels can now travel further in the polar circle. It allows people to see very rare species they had never seen before like “leopard seals” and “the snowy sheathbill” L.14.
Today, people are always looking for new sensations, and they are more and more demanding. Those trips and activities are a way to let people dream. They need to be amazed and surprised by breathtaking views. For example, the tourists get so close to some “humpbacks” L.17 (sort of whales), that they were gawking and “Everyone’s heart was swelling” L.19.
However, these companies are aware that by developing their business, they contribute to the extinction of many species. Here’s the hate issue for the adventure-travel industry: their business depends on the diversity of species. The more there’s, the better the business will be.
But, by engaging their activities, they may scare or disturb the wildlife. In that way, this business is ethically harmful.

In an ethical point of view, this business is without any doubt questionable and harmful because it contributes to pollute the planet. In so far as, it contributes to global warming: indeed, the more they pollute, the faster glaciers will melt. But, the industries also disrupt the wildlife by scaring animals, or by making them lose their habitat. It’s worst when it disturbs some endangered species like polar bears.
We can say that people are taking advantage of natural disasters to make business. We might summarize it through the following expression “a man’s poison is another man’s meat”.
What’s mire, even if people can get very close to whales for example, the way the journalist describes their reaction makes us believe they’re doing the right thing. They're not aware of the aftermath of the activities they’re doing. Actually, those dream-sellers, who are the adventure-travel industries, are corrupting their souls. While some people try to reduce gas emissions to protect the ice cap, those companies increase the process to make more money. And when others criticize their business, they defend themselves by saying that they have “a lot-hate” relationship” with climate change.
By writing this article, Sean Gregory wants to make us aware of an ethical issue. Indeed, he wants to show us the two sides of those attractive industries: the fact it’s not only a business that allows people to get easier to places unseen before, and to dream in front of breathtaking landscapes. But it’s also a business that takes advantage of an important environmental issue to make more money. In the last sentence, he uses irony when he speaks about adapting to a changing world, meaning that people take advantage of climate change instead of struggling against it. Clearly, he wants the reader to feel responsible and to react. However, he has a nuanced point of view, because he also shows us the global warming in a positive way, which is also pointed out on the picture (with the stunning view). Indeed, global warming makes people satisfied, and mainly overjoyed to discover new things.
In my opinion, we should be more aware of this issue, as the author wanted to say. So, if I were an environmental activist, I’ll try to stop this business by demonstrating in front of their office, and by inviting people to sign petitions. Moreover, I would also stand for endangered species and would encourage people to reduce their gas emissions.

This business could be compare to fast-food companies that sell unhealthy products to make more profits. On the other hand, there are other harmful activities that threat some endangered species, such as tuna’s fishing in japan –the 1st producer in the world- that is now controlled, because the number of tunas is decreasing.