Antarctic Tourism and Maritime Heritage
-This is the author's version of the article"Antarctic Tourism and Maritime Heritage", International Journal of Maritime History;Dec2010, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p226 Maritime activities in the Antarctic region date back to the eighteenth century. They evolved from exploration and discoverie...
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ftnorgehandelshs:oai:openaccess.nhh.no:11250/299315 2023-05-15T13:36:53+02:00 Antarctic Tourism and Maritime Heritage Antarctic Tourism and Maritime Heritage. Basberg, Bjørn L. 2015-09-09T11:26:41Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/299315 eng eng Ebsco http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/essays/60759953/antarctic-tourism-maritime-heritage International Journal of Maritime History 2010, 22(2) urn:issn:0843-8714 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/299315 cristin:855644 22 International Journal of Maritime History 2 Journal article Peer reviewed 2015 ftnorgehandelshs 2021-10-19T20:05:37Z -This is the author's version of the article"Antarctic Tourism and Maritime Heritage", International Journal of Maritime History;Dec2010, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p226 Maritime activities in the Antarctic region date back to the eighteenth century. They evolved from exploration and discoveries to commercial enterprises, especially sealing, whaling and fishing. Antarctic tourism is a much more recent phenomenon, developing mainly from the 1950s and 1960s. Today over 40,000 tourists visit the Antarctic annually, most of them on cruise ships. This essay reviews the historical development of this tourism. The focus is on how maritime heritage has been treated and interpreted by both tourists and the tourism industry. I address these issues in the context of public history. One aspect is to analyze how maritime heritage has been related to the other major attractions experienced by the Antarctic tourist, such as natural scenery, abundant wildlife and pristine environment. A second aspect considers the historic over-exploitation of seals and whales and the potential for conflict between the wildlife attractions and specific aspects of Antarctic heritage. The analysis therefore focuses on the possible ambiguity in how maritime heritage has been interpreted. Concurrently, it is about brave adventurers and polar explorers. It is also about resource exploitation and commercial activities that are controversial among many Antarctic tourists today. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic NHH Brage Open institutional repository (Norwegian School of Economics) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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-This is the author's version of the article"Antarctic Tourism and Maritime Heritage", International Journal of Maritime History;Dec2010, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p226 Maritime activities in the Antarctic region date back to the eighteenth century. They evolved from exploration and discoveries to commercial enterprises, especially sealing, whaling and fishing. Antarctic tourism is a much more recent phenomenon, developing mainly from the 1950s and 1960s. Today over 40,000 tourists visit the Antarctic annually, most of them on cruise ships. This essay reviews the historical development of this tourism. The focus is on how maritime heritage has been treated and interpreted by both tourists and the tourism industry. I address these issues in the context of public history. One aspect is to analyze how maritime heritage has been related to the other major attractions experienced by the Antarctic tourist, such as natural scenery, abundant wildlife and pristine environment. A second aspect considers the historic over-exploitation of seals and whales and the potential for conflict between the wildlife attractions and specific aspects of Antarctic heritage. The analysis therefore focuses on the possible ambiguity in how maritime heritage has been interpreted. Concurrently, it is about brave adventurers and polar explorers. It is also about resource exploitation and commercial activities that are controversial among many Antarctic tourists today. |
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