Independent expeditions and Antarctic tourism policy

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Murray, C, Jabour, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Antarctic; Endeavour; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap; Polar Record
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/7624/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/7624/1/Carl%5B1%5D.Murray,_Article_3.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003791

Discussions about the management of non-governmental activities in Antarctica have been handicapped by a lack of clarity in terminology. The term ‘tourism,’ for example, is used in a catch-all manner to describe activities as widely divergent and incommensurable as overflights by commercial jetliner...