Cruise tourism in polar regions: promoting environmental and social sustainability?

Abstract

Foreword Norman Douglas & Ngaire Douglas. 1. Setting the Scene: Polar Cruise Tourism in the 21st Century. Part 1: Market Dimensions. 2. Polar Yacht Cruising. 3. Cruising to the North Pole aboard a Nuclear Icebreaker. 4. Selling the Adventure of a Lifetime: An Ethnographic Report on Cruising in the Antarctic. Part 2: Human Dimensions. 5. Cruises and Bruises: Safety, Security, and Social Issues on Polar Cruises. 6. Exploring the Ethical Standards of Alaska Cruise Ship Tourists and the Role they Inadvertently Play in the Unsustainable Practices of the Cruise Ship Industry. 7. Students on Ice - Learning in the Greatest Classrooms on Earth. Part 3: Environmental Dimensions. 8. Environmental Impacts of Polar Cruises. 9. Monitoring Patterns of Cruise Tourism across Arctic Canada 10. Climate Change and its Implications for Cruise Tourism in the Polar Regions. Part 4: Policy and Governance Dimensions. 11. Stakeholder Perspectives on the Governance of Antarctic Cruise Tourism. 12. Port Readiness Planning in the Arctic: Building Community Support. 13. Beyond the Cruise: Navigating Sustainable Policy and Practice in Alaska's Inland Passage. Part 5: Conclusions. 14. Moving Forward. Index.

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