The Future

World Dispatch: How to visit Antarctica before it disappears

We take a peek at the iciest tourism industry in the world, today on The Outline World Dispatch.

The Future

World’s end

The Future

World Dispatch: How to visit Antarctica before it disappears

We take a peek at the iciest tourism industry in the world, today on The Outline World Dispatch.

Every Monday through Thursday, The Outline World Dispatch brings you stories about Power, Culture, and the Future. We guarantee you’ll feel smarter and more hydrated. Hosted by yours truly.

When I think of Antarctica, no potent visual comes to mind. Instead, it’s an amorphous combination of things I’ve seen from movies and National Geographic, mostly clichéd tundras covered with penguins and polar bears. When I really think of Antarctica, I realize I know very little of it.

Unsurprisingly, there’s a whole industry built off that very feeling of the unknowable that this icy landmass inspires in so many people. Outline editorial intern Caroline Haskins came onto the show to talk to me about the tourists trying to see Antarctica before the continent as we know it is no more.

Like what you hear? We like you, too. So let’s make it official. Subscribe to us at any of the places below.

Pocket Casts / Overcast / Stitcher / TuneIn / Alexa / Anchor / 60 dB / RadioPublic / RSS / “OK Google, play news from The Outline.”

The Future

Last-chance tourism

Read More