Shiploads of sweaters are piling up on Europe's doorstep, while European retailers and their customers are facing a "sweater-buying season" with far less choice than usual.

一船一船的毛衣堆积在欧洲的大门口，在这个“购买毛衣的季节”，欧洲零售商和消费者的选择却比平时少得多。

"It is in [the tourist operators] own interests not to have too many tourists coming at the same time, no-one goes to Antarctica to find six other shiploads of tourists there, " he said.

他说，“不让许多游客同时登陆是出于[旅游经营者]自己的利益，没有人去南极是为了看其它六船游客。”