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Some of the most remote destinations on Earth are irreversibly melting away, giving rise to 'last chance tourism' - an industry built around the desire to see places like Antarctica before they disappear. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But a deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus aboard a Dutch cruise ship has experts warning that tourists can inadvertently contaminate very fragile ecosystems. Hantavirus is confirmed to have killed two people and suspected to have killed another onboard the MV