Isicelo sabaphathi baka-Obama sokuthi kube nemingcele kanye nokuphoqelelwa okuqinile kwezokuvakasha e-Antarctic sisekelwa ngokuqinile yi-Lindblad Expeditions (LEX), inkampani yohambo lokuqala ebilokhu ihlola izindawo ezikude kakhulu emhlabeni kusukela ngo-1958. Engqungqutheleni eqhubekayo yezizwe ngezizwe ISivumelwano sase-Antarctic, esasayinwa sona ngemva konyaka kwasungulwa uLindblad, uNobhala Wezwe u-Hillary Clinton unxuse amalungu esizwe ukuthi athathe imingcele eqinile kwezokuvakasha e-Antarctic futhi enze kube semthethweni izinqubomgomo zokuzithandela wonke amalungu e-International Association of Antarctic Tour Operations (IAATO) manje landela.
Ngemva kokuphayona ohambweni lokuqala lwabantu abavamile oluya e-Antarctica ngo-1966, i-Lindblad Travel (inkampani engumzali ye-Lindblad Expeditions) ibe namashumi eminyaka ukuqonda ubungozi obukhona bokusebenza endaweni eyingozi kangaka futhi ikholelwa ukuthi ukulawulwa okukhulu kwabo bonke opharetha esifundeni kuyadingeka. Umphathi Wenkampani uSven Lindblad walandisa: “Ngachitha isizini ka-1973/1974 e-Antarctica ngisebenza nobaba ku-Lindblad Explorer, umkhumbi wokuqala wohambo olwake wakhiwa, futhi kwakujabulisa, ukuqiniseka, kodwa hhayi ngaphandle kwengozi. Sahlaselwa iziphepho ezinamandla kabili ngaphandle kwesixwayiso ukuthi kuseyisimanga kimina ukuthi azikho izingozi ezimbi ezenzekayo.
“Nokho, namuhla uhambo lwethu luphephe kakhulu kunangeminyaka yawo-1970, njengoba sinezinsizakalo ezingcono zokubikezela isimo sezulu neqhwa, ezokuxhumana eziphuthumayo ezithuthukisiwe, nobuchwepheshe obusha obusivumela ukuthi sihambe ngemikhumbi yethu ngokuphepha. Kodwa ngokusobala umehluko obaluleke kakhulu ukuthi sinolwazi oluningi kangakanani manje, futhi okaputeni bethu nabaholi bohambo - ngaphandle kokungabaza - banolwazi kakhulu embonini, abaningi babo banohambo olungaphezu kwe-100 eqhweni lase-Antarctica."
Iningi lemihlahlandlela abaphathi abayibizayo isivele ilandelwa ngokuzithandela ngamalungu e-IAATO, i-Lindblad Expeditions eyilungu layo lesikhathi eside. Amalungu e-IAATO asevele anomkhawulo wokufika kwabantu abangaphezu kwekhulu ngesikhathi, abe nomhlahlandlela okungenani oyedwa kwabavakashi abangama-100 (nakuba i-LEX isebenza ngesilinganiso esingu-20:15), futhi ingavumeli imikhumbi enabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-1 ukuthi ihambise abavakashi emhlabeni. .
I-LEX ukuphela kwelungu le-IAATO, nokho, elicele ukuthi kube nemikhawulo emikhulu nakakhulu, inxusa ukuthi imikhumbi emikhulu kunabagibeli abangama-500 akufanele ivunyelwe ngisho nokungena emanzini ase-Antarctica nakancane “ngezindawo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi” ezinhle. Le nkampani ikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi ubungozi kubasebenzisi abasha abanabasebenzi abangenalwazi olutheni kule ndawo egcwele iqhwa neshadi elingalungile kungase kuholele ekulahlekeni okungaba yinhlekelele kwabantu kanye nemvelo, ikakhulukazi ngokwakhiwa okubuthakathaka uma kuqhathaniswa kwemikhumbi emikhulu, engeyona eyesigaba seqhwa. ukwenza i-scenic cruise-bys.
Phakathi neminyaka yayo yokusebenza e-Antarctica, i-Lindblad Expeditions ibe nesibopho semihlahlandlela eminingi esivele ikhona. I-VP yayo yemisebenzi yasolwandle kanye nenkosi ye-National Geographic Explorer, uCaptain Leif Skog, wayeyinhloko yekomidi lasolwandle iminyaka eyishumi futhi wathuthukisa izinqubo zokuphepha nezimo eziphuthumayo zemikhumbi ye-IAATO. Izinqubomgomo mayelana nokuziphatha kwezivakashi kanye nokuvikelwa kwezilwane zasendle zagunyazwa umholi omkhulu wohambo lwe-LEX u-Tom Ritchie, futhi namuhla lezo zinqubomgomo zaziwa ngokuthi “i-Lindblad Model” futhi zenza isisekelo salokho zonke izinkampani ezikhetha ukukulandela. Kamuva, umholi wohambo lwase-Lindblad u-Matt Drennan waqala futhi wabhala imihlahlandlela eminingi eqondene nesayithi, futhi imihlahlandlela eyengeziwe eqondene nesayithi yabuye yagunyazwa umholi wohambo u-Tim Soper.
Ezinye izinyathelo ezisetshenziswa i-LEX ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuzulazula okuphephile lapho amashadi asemthethweni ngokuvamile engathembeki khona noma angahlolisiswanga ngokuphelele zihlanganisa ukusebenzisa idatha yayo siqu nemisindo ukuze kukhiqizwe amashadi ayo nemizila ephephile. Le datha yabiwe ne-British Hydrographic Agency, futhi ngedatha yeminyaka engamashumi amane, akuyona into engavamile ukuthi izikhulu zayo zibe nedatha eningi phansi olwandle kunezikhungo zikahulumeni ze-hydrographic.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-LEX ifake umkhumbi wayo omusha oqiniswe eqhweni, i-National Geographic Explorer, ngobuchwepheshe bamuva obutholakalayo. Nakuba wonke umkhumbi wezohwebo usebenza nge-echo-sounder ekala ukujula kwamanzi ngokuqondile ngaphansi komkhumbi, i-National Geographic Explorer ingomunye wemikhumbi embalwa kakhulu efakwe i-SONAR yokuskena phambili. Lo mshini uvumela ukapteni nezikhulu zakhe ukuba baqhubeke behlola ulwandle ngaphambi komkhumbi, bebheka noma yiziphi izithiyo noma izinsimbi ezingakaziwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngesikhathi kwakhiwa kabusha i-National Geographic Explorer, umkhumbi womkhumbi wafakwa “ibhande leqhwa,” noma ibhande lensimbi eliwugqinsi ukuze livikeleke eqhweni, kwafakwa amafreyimu nensimbi eyengeziwe ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokuqinisa isikebhe. Kwakubanzi kakhulu ukwakhiwa kabusha kangangokuthi isikebhe manje sesilinganiselwe isigaba se-DNV ICE-1A, esiningi saso esiqiniswe kakhulu silingana ne-Super ICE-1A.
I-Lindblad Expeditions iphinde yaba negalelo kusayensi ye-Antarctica ngokusekela inhlangano engenzi nzuzo i-Oceanites, eyenza okuwukuphela kwayo ucwaningo oluxhaswa uhulumeni e-Antarctica. Ososayensi ababili base-Oceanites bahamba kuzo zonke izindawo ezihamba ngomkhumbi e-Lindblad Expeditions' Antarctica, futhi umongameli we-Oceanites uRon Naveen wathi: “Ama-Oceanites ahamba phambili kwisayensi ye-Antarctica mayelana nokuqapha, imithelela yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, kanye nokushintsha kwenani lamaphengwini. Sikwazile ukugcina umzamo wethu womsebenzi ngomusa omuhle we-Lindblad Expeditions, okuwukuphela kwenkampani ephethe ososayensi abasebenzayo - kanye nephrojekthi yesayensi eqhubekayo - kukho konke ukusuka kwayo e-Antarctic."
Ekugcineni, uSven Lindblad wathi: “Ngokukhula okumangalisayo kwezokuvakasha e-Antarctica, kanye nenani elihambisanayo lezingozi lapho, i-Lindblad Expeditions ikholelwa ukuthi kubalulekile kuyo yonke imboni, hhayi nje ingxenye yayo, ukuthi isebenze ngeqophelo eliphezulu ngangokunokwenzeka, enemikhumbi ehlomele kahle, eyakhiwe kahle kanye nabasebenzi abanolwazi nabanolwazi. Ngiyaqiniseka ekhonweni lethu nolwazi lwethu lokuhlola imikhawulo futhi sinikeze izivakashi zethu uhambo olujabulisayo ngokuziyisa emazinyweni angempela e-Antarctica futhi nokuzibuyisela ngokuphepha. Kunengqondo ukuthi wonke umuntu osebenza laphaya abe nokuzethemba okufanayo, futhi sithemba ukuthi le mihlahlandlela isisemthethweni. ”
