Dear Trevor,
That goes without saying, however, it is human nature to conquer and sometimes it is only through this "conquering" are we able to better understand the world we live in. Perhaps we shouldn't have as much activity on Antarctica as we do, but we still need it to help us combat some of our problems - yes I know that we created these problems ourselves, but there's nothing we can do about that now, except finding ways to make it better.
Besides if it wasn't for these "heroes" we wouldn't have found out about the penguins!
psr