Cruise Tourism in Polar Regions

Foreword Norman Douglas, Pacific Profiles, Australia Ngaire Douglas, Visiting Professor, Bond University, Australia 1. Setting the Scene: Polar Cruise Tourism in the 21st Century Part I: 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 II: 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 III: 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 IV: 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 V: Conclusions 14. Moving Forward Index

Michael Luck is an Associate Professor and Head of Department (Tourism & Events) in the School of Hospitality and Tourism, and Associate Director for the coastal and marine tourism research program area at the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute, both at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. Patrick T. Maher is an Associate Professor in the Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Management Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. Emma J. Stewart is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Parks at Lincoln University, NZ and is a Research Associate at the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA).

'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