Published on 24.08.2020

Advertising trips to the arctic - Is this permissible today?


The airline Edelweiss and travel agency Kontiki offer trips to Spitsbergen. Melting glaciers and polar animals threatened with extinction are waiting. This is reminiscent of an earlier offer that attracted criticism. In his article, Stefan Hendricks addresses the question of whether such trips are still contemporary, Ivo Wallimann-Helmer comments. The article is available (in German) here: https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/wirtschaft/edelweiss-und-kontiki-laden-zum-eisbaeren-spektakel-in-der-arktis-doch-darf-man-das-heute-noch-138856676.