Would it be a good idea to build a hotel on Antarctica? What are the positive and negative things about this?

Question

What are your views? Feel free to comment, give ideas and even websites.
I need to write an article debating about this.

Answer 1

The source IS a hotel in Antarctia. A tent hotel, but still a hotel.

Answer 2

Going to a hotel on Antarctica certainly would be a unique experience. On the positive side, a hotel would give ordinary citizens a chance to see things they wouldn't see otherwise. I can think of more negatives than positives though. For one, there are no services there such as police, fire, recuse services etc., and Antarctica can be a very dangerous place. In addition, Antarctica is essentially an international natural reserve, so getting permission to build a hotel their would be difficult. Environmental ramifications may arise when you start bringing tourists into an otherwise pristine environment.

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Answer 3

It will collapse when the pole melts, ref: An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.

I would build it out of wood as it wouldn't be long term, but maybe you could show people how beautiful that place is before it's gone. Give them a tour of the coast line so they could see how fast it is melting.

Although the severe cold would make it a bad idea as you would be constantly heating the building (very expensive). There are no shops or supply ships going that way so you would starve.

Answer 4

Negative: With a lack of social security number, enforcing taxes is difficult. Living in America is really expensive and with low paying jobs, keeping up with living expenses is hard. Positive: they do the crappy jobs no one wants for cheap. Americans typically expect high pay. All in all, Illegal immigration is bad and America needs to figure a way to allow these people in legally (may it be temporary or perminant)

Answer 5

given that it's all melting, i'd imagine that introducing a larger tourist input to the area would ultimately be bad - and probably also very expensive, as far as supplies, power etc goes.