the antarctic treaty is a global agreement drawn up more than 60 years ago that now has 56 signatoriesfic cooperation. one of those permitted peaceful purposes is tourism, and that's growing. before the 1980s, just a few hundred people came here each year. in the summer season between 2022 and �*23, more than 100,000 people visited. and the kind of little boat shed on the shore there, that's now staff quarters. steffi is an expedition leader for a tour operator. it's herjob to plan an antarctic itinerary for the 200 people on board the ship that we're travelling on. weather, ice, changing dynamics. and the industry was designed when 100 passenger vessels were the larger ships, 0k? and now, 100 passenger vessels are the smaller ships. the international association of antarctic tour operators sets out guidelines for the industry, including restrictions on the numbers of people that can go ashore and keeping a safe distance from wildlife. the plan was that we'd land here today but it's not possible because there are too many penguins. the rules for the tourism are that everybody has to ke

antarctic ice. and that's why negotiators have spent the last week in south korea trying to finalise a global treatyement should include cuts in how much plastic we make. according to the united nations, that's 430 million tonnes a year, and on track to treble by 2060. just 9% of our plastic waste ends up being recycled, with most of it heading to landfill or being burnt. it's not hard to see why many of those at the talks insist that turning off the tap of plastic production has to be the starting point for any treaty. mopping the floor when the tap is open is useless. we love plastic. it helps our cars and planes to be lighter, but we've got to get rid of the polluting plastic that is basically choking the oceans and ruining our health. but not everyone agrees. most plastics are made from fossilfuels, and a group of oil—producing countries have been blocking efforts to put cutting production in the agreement. with activists fearing a compromise and a weak treaty, it may be that a line is drawn in the sand, and in what would be a rare move for un talks, a tougher treaty is put to a vote. there's mo

antarctic. plastic is everywhere in our environment. two years ago a process was started by the united nations to try to tackle plastic pollution and come up with a legally binding treatyne would sign up to. this meeting that is finishing now in south korea was meant to be the culmination of that process. the agreement of what would happen next. in the last half—an—hour, all the talk we have been hearing about divisions appears to have become true because it is clear there is no agreement in south korea, the divisions are too great. they may try again next year to get some sort of treaty in place but this was supposed to be a historic opportunity to turn the tide on plastic pollution. unfortunately it won't happen. was it about producing less plastic, or about the disposal of the plastic currently out there? which countries? the key sticking point was any talk around plastic production. all the predictions from the united nations and others is we will produce a lot more plastic over the next several decades, possibly three times as much by 2060 if we carry on, on a similar course. there is widespread agreement however much we would improve recycling the masterchef pres

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