Sustainable voyages with Aurora Expeditions
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Q. How is Aurora Expeditions prioritising sustainability? A. Sustainability is a journey, and we are accelerating meaningful changes in our business to become a global leader in sustainable expedition travel. We are active in doing more to help make a positive impact on the planet. Aurora Expeditions is a founding member of the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators and the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators, and we have a responsibility to respectfully visit the planet’s remote wilderness areas. We are constantly developing and implementing our Sustainability in Action programme across four key pillars: minimal footprint, education and enrichment, people and community, and environmental management systems.
Q. What are some of your achievements in these areas? A. To minimise our footprint, we have small ships with limited passenger numbers. The ships also have an inverted X-Bow
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to minimise vibrations and reduce fuel consumption. On the education and enrichment side, we have a Citizen Science Program via a partnership with Polar Citizen Science Collective, and a Women in Conservation programme. Our people and community pillar incorporates volunteering for the environment and having well-known ambassadors Greg Mortimer and Dr Sylvia Earle championing the protection of the planet. And on the environmental management systems, we have reduced single-use plastics and use LJV MYPLUKS` Z\WWSPLZ PU OLHK VffiJL
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Q. How do you manage waste and recycling on board? A. We audit each ship’s environmental management systems annually to L]HS\H[L [OL LffLJ[P]LULZZ VM P[Z LffVY[Z HUK TLHZ\YL [OL PTWHJ[ VM the environmental programmes. All waste is collected, separated and then Z[VYLK \U[PS P[ JHU IL VfflVHKLK PU HU ecological manner at each port. Food waste is separated, double-bagged and stored in a refrigerated garbage room. Once outside Antarctic waters and in open sea, waste is processed in a food pulp grinder and discharged in accordance with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.
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