Monitoring shipborne visitors in Antarctica: a preliminary field study

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Stonehouse, Bernard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; South Shetland Islands; Argentine; Ross Dependency; Half Moon Island; Adelie Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record; Scott Polar Research Institute
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400020672; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400020672

ABSTRACT During every austral summer since the International Geophysical Year 1957–58 several thousand scientists and support staff have worked in Antarctica. A more recent development is the annual advent of 4000–5000 tourists, who now probably outnumber expedition members in the area covered by th...