Small Scale

• Small-scale case study

  Antarctic Tourism
• Antarctic Tourism

  IAATO

  International Association of Antarctica Tour Operations
• people are briefed about right way to interact with the environment

  positive
• big educative element

  tourists could return home to become ambassadors of climate change / conservation

  positive
• Antarctic tourism promotes issues and problems in Antarctica

  plays into sustainability

  positive
• Equipment must be clean and disinfected before visiting

  to ensure no disease is spread to the fragile ecosystem

  positive
• Regulations in place to protect environment

  e.g. must keep 5m away from all wildlife

  positive
• no littering or smoking

  to not damage the almost untouched habitat

  positive
• Nothing to be removed (not even a pebble)

  everything will be kept the same to ensure that its ecosystem is not disrupted by humans

  positive
• carbon footprint from the tours

  fuel and energy used to get tourists to and into antarctica has a high carbon footprint

  negatively affects the environment
• 50,000 visitors per year (and increasing by the year)


  is bound to get affected by mankind

  difficult to control huge groups of people

  more trips for more people means more transport which contributes to global warming which is permanently ruining Antarctica
• small scale disruption to environment / science

  negative
• can cause conflict between profit and conservation

  negative