The East Coast or the Death. Performing Expedition Tourism on the Greenlandic icecap

• Main Author: Moen, Cathrine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2014
• Subjects: Expedition tourism; Edensor; Greenland; Nansen; identity; friluftsliv; cultural heritage; VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Business: 213; RMG40; Arctic; Fridtjof; Antarc*; Antarctica; Fridtjof Nansen; greenlandic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/6919

In 1888 Fridtjof Nansen led the first crossing over Greenland, this was seen as a huge accomplishment and the expedition gain great recognition. Today more than 125 years later we see that people still follows in the historical “footsteps” of polar explorers. Often led by tourism companies who provi...