Author : Stuart Baker
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761444381
Across the world, temperatures are rising at a rate faster than ever before. As temperatures rise, weather patterns are changing. A result is climate change. The Climate Change series explores the effects of climate change in different regions of the world. Find out how the issue is impacting human and natural environments. Special features include maps, diagrams, tables, and case studies. Book jacket.
Author : Beau Riffenburgh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 48,54 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0415970245
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Author : Thomas Bauer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136390278
Ecotourism and adventure tours offer unique tourism opportunities in the Antarctic! Are you prepared to make the most of them? Tourism in the Antarctic analyzes tourism activities in the most remote tourist destination in the world! It establishes visitor profiles; discusses the impacts of tourism on the region; and explores barriers, opportunities, and future directions in Antarctic tourism. The emergence of ecotourism has turned Antarctica into an increasingly popular tourist destination for intrepid travelers. During the 1999/2000 season, approximately 15,000 passengers visited Antarctica by ship. Tourism in the Antarctic discusses the new and exciting opportunities for tourism business operators in the region, as well as the ramifications of increased numbers of visitors to this unique environment. In these pages, you will find discussions of issues related to Antarctic tourism including: regulation of the tourism industry under the Antarctic Treaty System, and self-regulation provided by business operators trends and predictions for numbers of visitors to the region tourist attractions that are natural, man-made, spiritual, or scientific in nature wildlife of Antarctica: seals and whales, flying sea birds, penguins, etc. international law as it relates to the region ship-based tourism opportunities from yachts and small expedition-type vessels to very large cruise ships and icebreakers air- and land-based tourism opportunities in the region from private expeditions to overflights an overview of current tourism operations in other remote areas: the Arctic region, the Galapagos Islands, Alaska, New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands, and more The author's observations and experiences during cruises to the Antarctic Peninsula, the sub-Antarctic islands and the Ross Sea, as well as during overflights of Antarctica, are the basis of this unique volume. Generously embellished with charts and tables that make it easy to track activities, opinions, trends, and environmental statistics, this book is an essential reference for anyone teaching, studying, or planning to operate a tourism business in this part of the world.
Author : Esther D. Rothblum
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 23,55 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 9780789002471
In Women in the Antarctic, you'll discover how the world's social and scientific communities know much more about the Antarctic because of the female navy personnel, reporters, pilots, and expedition leaders who have challenged - and tamed - its icy, snowswept domain.
Author : Bernadette Hince
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 9780957747111
The world's most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language. This comprehensive guide to the origins and definitions of such words as donga and growler, is supported by more than 15,000 quotations drawn from over 1000 sources. A treat for anyone who's ever dreamed of visiting Antarctica.
Author : Wolf E. Arntz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,82 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642594190
Ten years ago Polar Biology published the book, Weddell Sea Ecology, containing the European "Polarstern" study EPOS in the Weddell Sea and Peninsula waters 1988/89. In certain respects, the present collection of papers, first published in Polar Biology in 2001, is a follow-up as it combines papers partly based on three "Polarstern" expeditions to the same region. Further articles relate to both land-based and shipborne studies, again primarily in the Atlantic sector and around the Antarctic Peninsula. The SCAR programme, "Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone" (EASIZ), served as an umbrella for a truly international cooperation. Although funding came exclusively from national sources, 40% of the scientists on board "Polarstern" were foreigners. Out of the 35 papers of the present volume not less than 14 papers have multinational authorship. The scope of EASIZ is wider ilian the Southern Ocean Studies in JGOFS and GLOBEC. The Contents reflect emphasis on the study of benthos, which hitherto had not received the necessary attention in the attempt to understand key questions of evolution and zoogeography of fauna from the Southern Hemisphere. The information collected under EASIZ enhanced greatly our recognition of the rather high biodiversity of ilie Antarctic shelf benthos. In order to extend these studies to ilie deeper continental slopes and the deep sea, "Polarstern" is presently on her way for ilie first international survey of deep-sea benthos in the Atlantic sector of ilie Southern Ocean.
Author : Minghu Ding
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832522505
Author : Susana Castro-Sowinski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 31,30 MB
Release : 2019-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030027864
This book provides up-to-date multidisciplinary information regarding microbial physiological groups in terms of their role in the Antarctic ecology. How do microorganisms shape the Antarctic environment? The book presents a thorough overview of the most important physiological microbial groups or microbial systems that shape the Antarctic environment. Each microbial model is described in terms of their physiology and metabolism, and their role in the Antarctic environmental sustainability. The individual chapters prepare readers for understanding the relevance of the microbial models from both an historical perspective, and considering the latest developments. This book will appeal to researchers and teachers interested in the Antarctic science, but also to students who want to understand the role of microbes in the ecology of extreme environments.
Author : Herbert George Ponting
Publisher :
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 28,45 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Antarctic regions
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Author : Herbert George Ponting
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 19,33 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Antarctica
ISBN :
