Royal College of Art student June Tong has proposed creating an Arctic thermal bath, which would be powered by cruise ship waste, in a bid to spotlight the industry's environmental impact.
The proposal, named In Murky Waters, was designed to draw attention to the increasing number of "parasitic and destructive" cruise ships capitalising on the increasingly ice-free Arctic Sea.

In Murky Waters envisions a bathhouse in a small Arctic settlement, which would be powered by waste that cruise ships deposit on arrival.
However, the spa facility is designed with limited access to ensure there is not enough space for the thousands of people onboard, in a bid to promote Arctic exploration through the more sustainable model of long-stay tourism.
"Every day, an average-sized cruise ship of 3,000 guests is predicted to release 25,000 gallons of sewage, 143,000 gallons of greywater, seven tonnes of garbage and solid waste, 15 gallons of toxic chemicals and 7,000 gallons of oily bilge water," Tong told Dezeen.
"It is foreseeable that in the future, a significant re-evaluation in the attitude towards the whole industry of cruise tourism will be necessary, if the arctic environment is to be salvaged from further anthropogenic deterioration," she continued.
"The proposal creates a retaliatory exploitation of the cruise ship, preventing increasing dependency and a resultant dictatorship of the cruise industry over the economic future of the towns."

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