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- Offers new perspectives for discussing tourism and environmental protection in Antarctica
- Covers the challenges of adventure tourism
- Includes aspects of risk management and environmental considerations, as well as cultural perspectives
- Discusses the expansion of new activities carried out in Antarctica
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book discusses the expansion of new activities carried out in Antarctica and the focus among treaty parties on the perceived challenges posed by adventure tourism in the region. Shedding light on the latest trends and the modus operandi of all parties involved, it draws attention to new elements in the debate on how tourism and environmental protection can best be reconciled, with tourism in Antarctica rapidly increasing in recent decades. As far as technical practice and visitor guidance are concerned, the challenge facing tour operators lies in determining whether tourism has a negative or positive impact on the environment.
The individual chapters address the development of polar tourism in terms of numbers, types and activities. The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, which advocates and promotes the practice of safe and environmentally responsible travel to the Antarctic, is also part of this study. In this context, special attentionis paid to its strategies relating to adventure tourism – including both deep-field activities and those additional or new activities launched from traditional ship or yacht-based platforms. The analysis includes aspects of risk management and environmental considerations, as well as views on the cultural perspectives of Antarctica.
Authors and Affiliations
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Tierra del Fuego, Universidad Nacional de, Ushuaia, Argentina
Monika Schillat, Marisol Vereda
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Universidad Nacional de Tierra del, Ushuaia, Argentina
Marie Jensen
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MinisteriodeRelaciones Exteriores Culto, Dirección General de Asuntos Antárticos, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rodolfo A. Sánchez
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Antarctic & Southern Ocean Coalition, ASOC, Washington D.C., USA
Ricardo Roura
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tourism in Antarctica
Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary View of New Activities Carried Out on the White Continent
Authors: Monika Schillat, Marie Jensen, Marisol Vereda, Rodolfo A. Sánchez, Ricardo Roura
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39914-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39912-6Published: 22 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39914-0Published: 11 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2211-4165
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4173
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 105
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polar Geography, Environmental Geography, Tourism Management