Video: Lindblad CEO on Cruising Despite Environmental Risks
Photo Credit: Lindblad Expeditions CEO Sven-Olof Lindblad spoke on stage about climate change at Skift Global Forum in New York in September. Skift
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When it comes to environmental impact, major cruise lines have a hard time sleeping at night. The smaller ones only occasionally wake up in a cold sweat.
Big cruise lines frequently justify, or even deny, the environmental impact of floating hotels that hold five thousand people, spew chemicals into the ocean, and roll right into a whale’s living room.
Lindblad Expeditions may specialize in small vessels and tours that value nature over bottomless mimosas, but like any cruise company, it struggles with the footprint it leaves behind.
That footprint comes partly from operating ships that pollute, but also from depositing bunches of tourists into pristine, unde
