Antarctica: tourism

Question 1

What has made Antarctica more accessible to increasing number of tourists?

Answer 1

advances in technology. transport and clothing

Question 2

How many Antarctica visitors were there in the 1980s compared to 2018?

Answer 2

less than 20,000 in 1980s
52,000 in 2018

Question 3

How does the majority of tourists visit Antarctica?

Answer 3

through cruises

Question 4

What draws tourists to Antarctica?

Answer 4

unspoilt landscapes, icebergs, remarkable wildlife such as penguins, killer whales, humpback wales

Question 5

What are the negatives of the rapid increase of tourism at Antarctica?

Answer 5

before, the majority visited through cruises and did not step on land but now through small boats and planes and helicopters tourists are now stepping foot on the landscape

Question 6

How has the Antarctic treaty system tried to manage the impacts of tourism at Antarctica?

Answer 6

• not letting more than one ship at a time at any site
• limiting the number of tourists that go ashore.
• guided groups to avoid protected areas
• only small areas are open to tourists

Question 7

What was the invasive species that was accidentally introduced at Antarctica?

Answer 7

the Mediterranean mussel

Question 8

What was one disaster of tourism through cruisers at Antarctica?

Answer 8

when the Canadian cruise ship struck ice and sank

Question 9

Was their any fatalities when the Canadian cruise ship struck ice and sank?

Answer 9

No but they had to endure the freezing temperatures in lifeboats before they were rescued