Climate Change Tourism
There’s something inherently ironic about ferrying visitors to and around Greenland - by plane, boat and automobile - to view its natural wonders, whilst simultaneously accelerating their demise.
The Master of Ceremonies of the Hvide Falk (White Falcon) hotel, one of Ilulissat’s four hotels, is an impeccably trained Thai who recites his gastronomic litany to the guests. ‘Before wishing you ‘bon appétit’, may I present our specialities: narwhal sushi, whale stew, fine slices of beluga and, above all, air-dried polar bear meat!’ The guests hasten to the buffet, keen to feast on this unusual smorgasbord of most of the major Arctic species at present protected by international conventions. ‘It’s just the once, just to taste’, explains a middle-aged woman from Berlin, ‘but we must still protect the whales".
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