观光旅游方兴未艾人们常说的“人迹罕至的南极”这句话,现在确定过时了。当然,目前还谈不上人群似潮地涌入南极,但旅游观光的人日趋增多,让人担心。自1958年第一批旅游者登船到达南极以后,观光旅游者逐年增多。来自各国的旅游者,一是从智利、阿根廷或乌拉圭的港口出发,穿过德雷克海峡抵达西南极;二是从 The words “The Uninhabited South Pole”, which people often say during sightseeing trips, are now out of date. Of course, there is still no way for the crowd to surge into the South Pole. However, the number of people traveling and sightseeing is increasing. Since the first tourists arrived on the Antarctic in 1958, sightseeing tourists have increased year by year. Tourists from all countries start from the ports of Chile, Argentina or Uruguay and cross the Drake Strait to the southwest pole. The second is from