Ikhwelo lolawulo luka-Obama lokumisela imida kunye nokunyanzeliswa okungqongqo kukhenketho lwase-Antarctic luxhaswa ngamandla yiLindblad Expeditions (LEX), inkampani yokuqala yohambo ebihlola eyona mimandla ikude yehlabathi ukusukela ngo-1958. Kwinkomfa yezizwe ngezizwe eqhubekayo ISivumelwano sase-Antarctic, esatyikitywa kunyaka omnye emva kokusekwa kukaLindblad, uNobhala weLizwe uHillary Clinton wacela amalungu esizwe ukuba amkele imida engqongqo kukhenketho lwase-Antarctic kunye nokwenza ngokusesikweni imigaqo-nkqubo yokuzithandela ukuba onke amalungu e-International Association of Antarctic Tour Operations (IAATO) ngoku landela.
Emva kokuba nguvulindlela kuhambo lokuqala lwabantu abaqhelekileyo ukuya e-Antarctica ngo-1966, iLindblad Travel (inkampani engumzali yeLindblad Expeditions) iye yanamashumi eminyaka ukuqonda imingcipheko yendalo yokusebenza kwindawo enzima ngolo hlobo kwaye ikholelwa ukuba ummiselo omkhulu kubo bonke abasebenzi kulo mmandla uyimfuneko. I-CEO yeNkampani uSven Lindblad ubalise: “Ndichithe ixesha le-1973/1974 e-Antarctica ndisebenza notata wam kwiLindblad Explorer, inqanawa yokuqala yohambo eyakha yakhiwa, kwaye yayimnandi, ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa hayi ngaphandle kwengozi. Sabethwa izihlandlo ezibini zizivunguvungu ezinamandla yaye ngaphandle kwesilumkiso nangoku iyandimangalisa into yokuba kungakhange kubekho ngozi zimbi.
“Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, uhambo lwethu lukhuseleke ngakumbi kunokuba lwalunjalo ngeminyaka yee-1970, njengoko sineenkonzo ezingcono zokuqikelela imozulu kunye nomkhenkce, ukuphuculwa konxibelelwano olungxamisekileyo, kunye nobuchwepheshe obutsha obusivumela ukuba sihambe ngeenqanawa zethu ngokukhuselekileyo. Kodwa ngokucacileyo owona mahluko ubalulekileyo kukuba angakanani amava esinawo ngoku, kwaye abaphathi bethu kunye neenkokeli zohambo - ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo - ngabona banamava kwaye banolwazi kwishishini, uninzi lwabo lunohambo olungaphezulu kwe-100 kumkhenkce wase-Antarctica.
Uninzi lwezikhokelo ezibizwa ngokuba ngumlawuli sele zilandelwa ngokuzithandela ngamalungu e-IAATO, apho uLindblad Expeditions ilungu elide elide. Amalungu e-IAATO sele enciphisa ukuhlaliswa kwabantu abangaphezulu kwe-100 ngexesha, abe nesikhokelo esinye kubakhenkethi abangama-20 (nangona i-LEX isebenza ngomlinganiselo we-15: 1), kwaye ayivumeli iinqanawa ezinabakhweli abangaphezu kwe-500 ukuba baye kubakhenkethi emhlabeni. .
I-LEX kuphela kwelungu le-IAATO, nangona kunjalo, elibize izithintelo ezinkulu ngakumbi, ibongoza ukuba iinqanawa ezinkulu kunabakhweli abangama-500 mazingavunyelwa nokuba zifikelele kumanzi ase-Antarctica kwaphela “kwindlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa” ebukekayo. Inkampani ikholelwa ngokungagungqiyo ukuba iingozi kubasebenzi abatsha abanabasebenzi abangenamava kangako kulo mmandla uzele ngumkhenkce kwaye unetshathi engalunganga inokukhokelela kwilahleko enokubakho yentlekele yabantu kunye nokusingqongileyo, ngakumbi ngolwakhiwo olubuthathaka oluthelekisa nolwakhiwo lwemikhumbi emikhulu, engeyiyo yodidi lomkhenkce. ukwenza i-scenic cruise-bys.
Ukutyhubela iminyaka yokusebenza e-Antarctica, iLindblad Expeditions ibe noxanduva lwezikhokelo ezininzi esele zikhona. I-VP yayo yemisebenzi yolwandle kunye nenkosi ye-National Geographic Explorer, uCaptain Leif Skog, wayeyintloko yekomiti yaselwandle iminyaka elishumi kwaye waphuhlisa ukhuseleko kunye neenkqubo zongxamiseko kwiinqanawa ze-IAATO. Imigaqo-nkqubo yokuziphatha kwabakhenkethi kunye nokhuseleko lwezilwanyana zasendle yagunyaziswa yinkokeli enkulu ye-LEX yohambo uTom Ritchie, kwaye namhlanje loo migaqo-nkqubo yaziwa ngokuba yi-“Lindblad Model” kwaye yenza isiseko sento zonke iinkampani ezikhetha ukuyilandela. Emva koko, inkokeli yohambo lwaseLindblad uMat Drennan waqalisa kwaye wabhala uninzi lwezikhokelo ezithe ngqo kwindawo, kunye nezikhokelo ezongezelelweyo zesiza zaye zabhalwa kamva yinkokeli yohambo uTim Soper.
Amanye amanyathelo asetyenziswa yi-LEX ukuqinisekisa ukuhamba ngokukhuselekileyo apho iitshathi ezisemthethweni zihlala zingathembekanga okanye zingahlolwanga ngokupheleleyo ziquka ukusebenzisa idatha yayo kunye nezandi zokuvelisa iitshathi zayo kunye neendlela ezikhuselekileyo. Le datha yabelwana nge-Arhente yaseBritani ye-Hydrographic, kunye nedatha yeminyaka engamashumi amane, akuqhelekanga ukuba amagosa ayo abe nedatha engaphezulu kumgangatho wolwandle kunama-arhente karhulumente we-hydrographic.
Ukongeza, i-LEX ifake inqanawa entsha yohambo olomelezwe ngumkhenkce, iNational Geographic Explorer, enobuchwephesha bamva nje obukhoyo. Ngelixa zonke iinqanawa zorhwebo zisebenza nge-echo-sounder elinganisa ubunzulu bamanzi ngokuthe ngqo ngaphantsi kwenqanawa, i-National Geographic Explorer yenye yeenqanawa ezimbalwa kakhulu ezixhotyiswe nge-SONAR yokuskena phambili. Esi sixhobo sivumela umphathi kunye namagosa akhe ukuba baqhubeke behlola ulwandle ngaphambi kwenqanawa, bekhangela nayiphi na imiqobo okanye izihlangu ezingaziwayo. Ukongezelela, xa kwakusakhiwa kwakhona iNational Geographic Explorer, umkhunjana wenqanawa wafakelwa “ibhanti lomkhenkce,” okanye ibhanti lentsimbi engqindilili ukuze likhuseleke kungquzulwano lomkhenkce, kwaza kwafakwa ifreyimu nentsimbi eyongezelelekileyo ukomeleza ngakumbi inqanawa. Yayibanzi kakhulu ukwakhiwa kwakhona kangangokuba i-hull ngoku ilinganiswe iklasi ye-DNV ICE-1A, uninzi lwayo yomelezwe kakhulu ilingana neSuper ICE-1A.
ILindblad Expeditions nayo ibe negalelo kwisayensi ye-Antarctica ngokuxhasa umbutho ongenzi nzuzo i-Oceanites, oqhuba uphando oluxhaswa ngurhulumente kuphela e-Antarctica. Izazinzulu ezimbini zaseOceanites zihamba ngenqanawa yonke iLindblad Expeditions'Antarctica, kwaye umongameli weOceanites uRon Naveen uthe: “I-Oceanites iphambili kwisayensi ye-Antarctica malunga nokubeka iliso, iimpembelelo zokufudumala kwehlabathi, kunye nokutshintsha kobomi boonombombiya. Sikwazile ukugcina umzamo wethu wokusebenza ngeenceba ezintle zeLindblad Expeditions, ekuphela kwenkampani ephethe izazinzulu ezisebenzayo - kunye neprojekthi yesayensi eqhubekayo - kuko konke ukusuka kwayo e-Antarctic.
Ekugqibeleni, uSven Lindblad wathi: “Ngokukhula okumangalisayo kokhenketho lwase-Antarctica, kunye nenani elihambelanayo leengozi apho, iLindblad Expeditions ikholelwa ukuba kubalulekile kulo lonke ishishini, hayi nje icandelo lalo, ukusebenza ngeyona migangatho iphezulu kunokwenzeka, ezineenqanawa ezixhotyiswe kakuhle, ezakhiwe kakuhle kunye nabasebenzi abanolwazi, abanamava. Ndiqinisekile kubuchule bethu kunye namava okuvavanya imida kwaye sinike iindwendwe zethu uhambo olunomdla ngokuzithatha ziye kumazinyo okwenyani e-Antarctica kunye nokubabuyisela ngokukhuselekileyo. Iyavakala ukuba wonke umntu osebenza phaya ezantsi azithembe ngokufanayo, kwaye siyathemba ukuba ezi zikhokelo zenziwe ngokusesikweni. ”
