Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an Alaska glacier, dipped an empty water bottle into a...
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I HAD SOME reservations before joining our Alaska cruise last year. Some of my concerns were ethical, some technical. How could I justify boarding a luxury ship when so many live in poverty and don’t even have a roof over their heads? It seemed like an exercise in excess, one that I would condemn in the ultra-wealthy who regard the planet as their personal playground. I justified my ethical concerns by saying that it was an expedition to a unique glacier in Alaska. The Hubbard Glacier is North America’s largest tidewater glacier. It’s 122 km long, stretching all the way into the Yukon. Our trip to the Hubbard Glacier didn’t disappoint. As our ship approached it through the mist of Disappointment Bay, it appeared as wall of ice, 11 km wide and 100 metres high. The technical concerns had to do with the disposal of wastewater: greywater (showers, sinks, laundry, and galleys) and sewage (I don’t think this requires further explanation). Anyone who has gone camping is aware of the problem of what to do with wastewater. You can’t just dump it anywhere. Well it turns out that at sea, ships can just dump greywater anywhere despite the fact that [...]
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an Alaska glacier, dipped an empty water bottle into a...
Rapper cum actor Ludacris caused a stir on social media after he posted a video of himself drinking untreated glacier water during a trip to Alaska....
In my Zimbabwean African culture, elders are so revered that they are never seen as doing anything wrong. It is considered very rude to argue with...
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ATTENDING THE ANNUAL walk for suicide awareness is not, on the face of it, an uplifting experience. In some...
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ATTENDING THE ANNUAL walk for suicide awareness is not, on the face of it, an uplifting experience. In some...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rapper-turned-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rapper-turned-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rapper-turned-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an...
“I get to travel the world and cook with the best produce. Isn’t that the dream?”
“I get to travel the world and cook with the best produce. Isn’t that the dream?”