By: Michael Luck (Editor), Patrick T. Maher (Editor), Emma J. Stewart (Editor)

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`The book is an outstanding addition to the polar tourism literature. Posing some hard questions in relation to environmental and social sustainability, it provides clear answers and charts the way forward for developing tourism in these regions. This is essential reading for any serious researcher, academic or practitioner.' Ross K. Dowling, Foundation Professor of Tourism, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Cruises are the primary form of tourism in the polar regions, and cruise ship tourism is expanding rapidly in both the Arctic and Antarctic. The industry has moved beyond its infancy and is now entering a mature phase, with increased numbers and types of vessels, more demanding routes, and more regular and predictable patterns of activity. The increase in cruise activities, the associated risks of accidents, and the potential and actual impacts of the large numbers of tourists in the polar regions all bring management challenges for sustainable use of these regions.

This book discusses critically the environmental and social sustainability issues concerning the cruise industry in polar regions. Authors from Canada, USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand are experts in their respective fields and take an innovative, critical and at times controversial approach to the subject.

'The book is an outstanding addition to the polar tourism literature. Posing some hard questions in relation to environmental and social sustainability, it provides clear answers and charts the way forward for developing tourism in these regions. This is essential reading for any serious researcher, academic or practitioner.'- Ross K. Dowling, Foundation Professor of Tourism, Edith Cowan University, Australia 'This is a very useful book for students and scholars of polar tourism, and will supplement and bring up to date what they might already have in their libraries.'- The Polar Times, American Polar Society 'Cruise Tourism in Polar Regions provides excellent and accessible information on Arctic and Antarctic tourism. It has brought together an impressive list of contributors and represents important and valuable work in the polar tourism sector.'- Lorne Kriwoken, The Polar Journal

List of figures, tables and boxes	p. ix
List of contributors	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
Foreword	p. xx
List of acronyms and abbreviations	p. xxv
Setting the Scene: Polar Cruise Tourism in the 21st Century	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
The cruise industry and the polar regions	p. 2
Sustainable tourism and the polar regions	p. 7
Market Dimensions	p. 11
Polar Yacht Cruising	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
The past: Adventurers and explorers	p. 13
The present: The polar regions and yachts	p. 15
Important issues regarding impacts	p. 20
Conclusions	p. 22
Cruising to the North Pole aboard a Nuclear Icebreaker	p. 25
Introduction	p. 25
Logistics	p. 25
The icebreakers	p. 30
Inception	p. 32
The first full-scale voyage	p. 33
The northbound voyage	p. 33
The North Pole	p. 34
Ice and weather conditions	p. 35
Environmental considerations	p. 36
Wildlife records and observations	p. 37
Passengers	p. 37
Lectures and other activities	p. 38
Helicopters	p. 39
Other locations: Eurasian Arctic archipelagos and the Northeast Passage	p. 39
Pole of relative inaccessibility	p. 40
Operating companies	p. 41
Conclusions	p. 41
Selling the Adventure of a Lifetime: An Ethnographic Report on Cruising in the Antarctic	p. 43
The ocean cruise industry: An American form of tourism	p. 44
Categories of ocean cruise lines	p. 44
Specialty cruise lines to Antarctica	p. 45
A mainstream cruise to Antarctica on the Star Princess	p. 46
Specialty cruise ships to Antarctica	p. 48
Luxury adventure cruises	p. 49
The sacred, the profane and Antarctica	p. 51
The myth model and Antarctic travel	p. 52
Landing on Antarctica	p. 53
The fortunate few and Antarctica's good fortune	p. 54
Human Dimensions	p. 55
Cruises and Bruises: Safety, Security and Social Issues on Polar Cruises	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
Safety and security	p. 58
Sensitivity	p. 64
The issue of carrying capacity	p. 66
Economics of cruise tourism	p. 67
The cruise ship virus	p. 69
Cruises and bruises	p. 70
Exploring the Ethical Standards of Alaska Cruise Ship Tourists and the Role they Inadvertently Play in the Unsustainable Practices of the Cruise Ship Industry	p. 75
Introduction	p. 75
Background to the study	p. 76
Research methodology	p. 77
Findings	p. 80
Discussion of the results	p. 86
Conclusions and recommendations	p. 88
Students on Ice: Learning in the Greatest Classrooms on Earth	p. 93
Introduction	p. 93
Foundations and raison d'être (mandate)	p. 94
Education programme	p. 95
Student success stories	p. 98
Awe and wonder	p. 101
Comments from students and staff	p. 101
Future plans	p. 103
Conclusions	p. 104
Environmental Dimensions	p. 107
Environmental Impacts of Polar Cruises	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Environmental impacts of cruises in polar regions	p. 111
Regulations	p. 114
The holistic approach	p. 127
Conclusions	p. 128
Monitoring Patterns of Cruise Tourism across Arctic Canada	p. 133
Introduction	p. 133
Cruise tourism across Arctic Canada	p. 133
Monitoring cruise ship activity in Arctic Canada	p. 135
Cruise tourism in the High Arctic	p. 135
Cruise tourism in the Northwest Passage	p. 137
Cruise tourism in the Baffin Bay region	p. 138
Cruise tourism in the Hudson Bay region	p. 140
Discussion	p. 142
Conclusions	p. 144
Climate Change and its Implications for Cruise Tourism in the Polar Regions	p. 147
Introduction	p. 147
Climate change in the polar regions: An overview	p. 149
A typology of impacts of climate change on tourism	p. 149
Impacts on polar cruise tourism	p. 153
Discussion	p. 157
Conclusions	p. 159
Policy and Governance Dimensions	p. 165
Stakeholder Perspectives on the Governance of Antarctic Cruise Tourism	p. 167
Introduction	p. 167
'Governing the governors': A story of controlling self-regulation	p. 169
Ways forward - practically and conceptually	p. 176
Port Readiness Planning in the Arctic: Building Community Support	p. 181
Introduction	p. 181
The Newfoundland and Labrador context	p. 183
Building port readiness: Approach and findings	p. 186
Conclusions and recommendations	p. 200
Beyond the Cruise: Navigating Sustainable Policy and Practice in Alaska's Inland Passage	p. 205
Introduction	p. 205
Current policy and practice	p. 209
Sustainable Alaskan cruise tourism	p. 213
Conclusions	p. 215
Conclusions	p. 225
Moving Forward	p. 227
Returning to the beginning	p. 227
Lessons from the book	p. 228
Cross-cutting themes	p. 231
Research directions	p. 232
Index	p. 237
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ISBN: 9781844078486
ISBN-10: 1844078485
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: 7th July 2010
Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 16.0  x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.56