Travelers Who Come Down With Hypothermia or Whose Ship Crashes Into an Iceberg Will Pay a Surcharge

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  02.05.02 | 1:06 AM ET

“Ever since Jon Krakauer’s book “Into Thin Air” thrust Everest into the pop culture lexicon,” Chris Koentges writes in the Globe and Mail, “the subculture of adventure has blasted like a Himalayan avalanche into public consciousness.” Koentges’ piece examines this phenomenon which, in some cases, has turned disaster and potential disaster in to selling points. “Two years ago this week, a luxury liner found itself similarly trapped in the frigid waters off Antarctica, between Belgrano and Liar Islands. Argentine authorities were alerted immediately and an icebreaker was dispatched from the nearest naval base. In 24 hours, the 186-passenger Clipper Adventurer was free, and the tour company’s spokeswoman was spinning the potential catastrophe as a value-added bonus in extreme travel. ‘The people on board are looking at this as sort of a great adventure of being in Antarctica,’ she said. A triumph in tourism.”

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