Minimal Impact Cruises claims new vessel is 90% more carbon neutral
Heather Thorkelson · Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements · Nov 6, 2025 · at 23:53
Heather Thorkelson, founder of Minimal Impact Cruises, describes the technical and environmental specifications of her new sustainable polar expedition cruise vessel to Guy Raz and Tariq Farid.
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“It's entirely fueled by wind and solar energy. So it has solar sails, 35 meter high solar sails that are covered in solar panels. It has clean electric propulsion. It has autonomous water production. It has an organic heating system. And it has we put it zero waste at sea. So it is 90% more carbon neutral than any other vessel out there, besides straight up sailboats, which are obviously relatively small.”
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