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The role of weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information for Antarctic tourism
(2019-06)
The tourism sector in Antarctica has witnessed considerable growth and diversification over the last decade. To help facilitate safe travel in remote and dynamic polar environments more detailed and specialised weather, ...
Navigating weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information for safe Polar mobilities
Initiated in 2012 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, the Polar Prediction Project (PPP) aims at advancing scientific knowledge for polar weather and climate services. This poster explores how weather, water, ...
The endless debate: Regulatory attempts to manage Antarctic tourism
Antarctic tourism regulation has been consistently on the agenda of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) since 1966. In that season 58 tourists visited Antarctica. Since 1966 the ATCM has held 34 meetings, ...
The Polar Prediction Project: Navigating weather, water, ice and climate information for safe Polar mobilities
(2017)
Initiated in 2012 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, the Polar Prediction Project (PPP) aims at advancing scientific knowledge for polar weather and climate services. This poster explores how weather,
water, ...
A comparative analysis of regulatory instruments for managing marine-based tourism in Arctic Canada and the Ross Sea
(2019-06)
Human activities, including tourism, in the Polar Regions are increasing and diversifying. The most common mode of transport in support of polar tourism is by cruise ship. At the same time, we are witnessing a rapid increase ...
Polar tourism (research) is not what it used to be: the maturing of a field of study alongside an activity
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
EDITORIAL. In his editorial to the last issue of The Polar Journal (volume 5, issue 1), Gary Steel eloquently explored the difficulties we are faced with when attempting to define polar social sciences. At the heart of the ...
Words, more words, and .... no action? Addressing Antarctic tourism issues within the Antarctic Treaty System
(Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, 2016)
Scholarly work on Antarctic tourism has hitherto offered little in terms of an in-depth exploration of the evolution of geopolitical discourse and processes around tourism. In this presentation, we will discuss political ...
The endless debate: Regulatory attempts to manage Antarctic tourism
(2015-07-01)
Antarctic tourism regulation has been consistently on the agenda of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) since 1966. In that season 58 tourists visited Antarctica. Since 1966 the ATCM has held 34 meetings, ...
A comparative analysis of regulatory instruments for managing marine-based tourism in Arctic Canada and the Ross Sea
Human activities, including tourism, in the Polar Regions are increasing and diversifying. The most common mode of transport in support of polar tourism is by cruise ship. At the same time, we are witnessing a rapid increase ...
The role of weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information for Antarctic tourism
The tourism sector in Antarctica has witnessed considerable growth and diversification over the last decade. To help facilitate safe travel in remote and dynamic polar environments more detailed and specialised weather, ...