Developing useful environmental indicators to assess tourism impacts in the Ross Sea Region: A recommended approach

• Main Author: Revfem, Calum
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Eia; New Zealand; Ross Sea; Svalbard; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14260

—This paper addresses the issue of environmental impacts of tourism in Antarctica, specifically examining the Ross Sea region. Since the first tourist visit by ship in 1966, tourist numbers have steadily risen to the 15000 visitors received by Antarctica last year. Most travel is concentrated in the...