{"id":19130,"date":"2014-12-23T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/drones-to-be-banned-in-antarctica\/"},"modified":"2014-12-23T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T10:36:00","slug":"drones-to-be-banned-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/12\/drones-to-be-banned-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones to be banned in Antarctica?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<span>#expeditioncruising <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-C6nevWjAl1U\/VJlFdBdRjFI\/AAAAAAAAq70\/oKZhkFqbvO8\/s1600\/ponantdrone.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-C6nevWjAl1U\/VJlFdBdRjFI\/AAAAAAAAq70\/oKZhkFqbvO8\/s1600\/ponantdrone.jpg\" height=\"226\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Travellers have been advised to check before flying a drone in Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO)  warns security measures essential for this relatively new activity. Tour  operators may have to ban the use of unmanned vehicles out of  environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p>IAATO is cautioning all potential travellers to Antarctica, who are  hoping to fly a drone, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), to check with  their travel agent or tour operator before packing their device.<\/p>\n<p>Opportunities may be limited until more is known about their safe and  environmentally responsible use in this last great wilderness &#8211;  particularly in the wildlife rich coastal regions of Antarctica. Tour  operators will either prohibit the use of UAVs altogether or only allow  them to be operated under strictly defined conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Both Antarctic Treaty Parties and IAATO members are concerned about  UAVs in Antarctica; flying these devices is a relatively new activity.<\/p>\n<p>While there are situations when UAVs might be useful, for science or  ice reconnaissance for example, there are many questions still be  answered about their use in terms of meeting IAATO&#8217;s agreement that all  their activities must be safe and environmentally responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Antarctic Treaty System, the unique global partnership that  designates the entire continent as a natural reserve, all human  activities, whether for science or tourism, have to go through an annual  Environmental Impact Assessment by a relevant Competent  Authority\/government agency.<\/p>\n<p>Planned activities that meet all relevant safety and environmental  criteria are authorised and a permit granted. Using a UAV is considered a  specific activity so has to be included in overall permit applications  for assessment.<\/p>\n<p>IAATO Executive Director, Dr. Kim Crosbie said, &#8220;Antarctica is still  pristine with wildlife and landscapes that show little evidence of  impact from direct human activity. To visit and operate in an  environment like this comes with a responsibility to do so carefully and  with minimal disturbance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The use of UAVs is in a state of development and, until more  information is available, IAATO Member Operators and Competent  Authorities are taking a precautionary approach when it comes to their  operation.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to devise a pragmatic policy framework that will allow safe  and environmentally responsible use under controlled circumstances.&#8221;   IAATO has been requested, on a consultancy basis, to present draft UAV  guidelines and experiences at the next annual Antarctic Treaty  Consultancy Meeting (ATCM) in Bulgaria, June 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#expeditioncruising Travellers have been advised to check before flying a drone in Antarctica. The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) warns security measures essential for this relatively new activity. Tour operators may have to ban the use of unmanned vehicles out of environmental concerns. IAATO is cautioning all potential travellers to Antarctica, who are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iaato","category-ponant-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}