ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 3月27日 05時21分

It’s been called Australia’s answer to the Galápagos: a stretch of rich, pristine ocean facing the Antarctic that’s home to calving whales and teeming fisheries. But now the waters, known as the Great Australian Bight, have drawn a different sort of resource industry: The Norwegian oil giant Statoil plans to start drilling by the end of next year. Australia has reached its 27th consecutive year without a recession by supplying energy and raw materials to the manufacturing economies of Asia. Opening the Bight to drilling would help the country stay on track to eclipse Qatar as the world’s largest exporter of natural gas by 2020. But the plan has met surprisingly strong resistance. People fear that this haven for some of the most unusual marine life in the world will be damaged — and put at even greater risk from a spill. “Our fishing industry, our tourism industry, our lifestyle, our local food and our wildlife all depend on a pristine coastline,” said a marine adventure company employee, Elise Lavers, while swimming with endangered Australian #sealions. She called the Bight one of the world’s best-kept environmental secrets. The photographer @mattabbottphoto came face-to-face with one of those sea lions here. Visit the link in our profile to read more, and follow him to see more photos.

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