Polar Research Support Tools: Citizen Science Development Through The Ship-Based Tourism Industry

This article is focused to demonstrate development of citizen science projects in the Arctic and Antarctica through the ship-based tourism industry support. The author’s work represents polar guides, tourists, and crew members as citizen scientists who participate in collecting scientifically valuab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Astafurova A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: LLC Center for Information and Legal Support for the Development of the Arctic 2021
Subjects:
citizen science
polar research
tourism
polar regions
arctic
antarctica
Geography (General)
G1-922
Arctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.24412/2658-4255-2021-2-40-61
https://doaj.org/article/d813f95bb66c4b4381260307027042f6
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Summary:This article is focused to demonstrate development of citizen science projects in the Arctic and Antarctica through the ship-based tourism industry support. The author’s work represents polar guides, tourists, and crew members as citizen scientists who participate in collecting scientifically valuable data. The model of cooperation in the polar regions through citizen science is considered to be a perspective and useful method that helps to expand the opportunities of conducting polar research and increase knowledge about the remotest places of the planet.

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