Liner takes tourist hordes to Antarctica

A giant cruise ship is set to sail into Antarctic waters, changing the face of tourism in the world’s great wildernesses.

The Golden Princess, which can carry 3,800 passengers and crew and weighs 109,000 tons, is 10 times bigger than most of the cruise ships which ply Antarctica’s seas. Its first voyage in January will herald a new era in the commercial exploitation of the Great White South.