I am a former chief engineer. I still spend a lot of time up there, and I have dealt with some accidents as well, which we had to respond to.
The biggest threat right now that I see is from people's perception that it's opening up, that there's less ice. That's not true. Yes, the ice will melt. We'll have a few seasons with no ice in the passage, but they will be followed by years in which there is a lot of multi-year ice. While the ice is melting, that means more dangerous ice, the multi-year ice coming down and filling up the waterways, and it makes it very challenging. That's a huge threat. People see all those articles and think, “Oh, it's open water. We can go with a small boat with the jet skis.” The cruise industry has been racing to get there, and once they get there, they see very difficult conditions. We're spread out because if there is a search and rescue, we need to respond to that. When we respond to that, we're not available to escort a ship that's going to do a community resupply.