Table of Contents
Dedication xiii
Preface xv
Abstract 1
1 General introduction 5
2 Research methods 51
3 Regulating Antarctic tourism and the precautionary principle 85
4 Monitoring the transformation of historic features in Antarctica and Svalbard: Local processes and regional contexts 109
5 Antarctic scientific bases: Environmental and cultural heritage perspectives 1983-2008 145
6 The polar cultural heritage as a tourism attraction 165
7 From extraction to exhibition: Tourism at a disused marble quarry at Ny-London, Svalbard 181
8 Cultural heritage tourism in Antarctica and Svalbard: Patterns, impacts, and policies 203
9 Overview and synthesis 225
10 General conclusions 249
Acknowledgments 261
References 265
Epilogue 287
Appendix 1 – Acronyms and abbreviations 291
Appendix 2 – Glossary 292
Appendix 3 – Cultural heritage in the 2001 Svalbard Act 297
Appendix 4 – Cultural heritage in the 1991 Antarctic Protocol 300
Appendix 5 – List of interviewees 301
Nederlandse Samenvatting 303
