Review of Tourism and change in polar regions: climate, environment and experience and Cruise tourism in polar regions: promoting environmental and social sustainability?

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Capelotti, P. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Amundsen-Scott; Antarctic; Arctic; Shackleton; Antarc*; Climate change; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3071; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7152

These two edited volumes, which cover much of the same ground, both begin from a common premise: polar tourism, as its been experienced by wealthy travellers for over a century, has a very definite shelf life. With the acceleration of global climate change, the Arctic and Antarctic are being changed...