Antarctica may be dubbed the last true wilderness, but for how much longer? Increasingly the subject of global headlines, its latest challenge may not come from warming climates, or the fight for resource exploitation, but something seemingly more innocuous. Tourism. Here Kim Crosbie talks about the challenges and successes in the sustainable development of tourism in one of the world's most pristine landscapes, and how this may be developed in the future.
Kim Crosbie is the Executive Director of the secretariat of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators and has been working in the polar regions since 1991. She first started working in Antarctica as part of her PhD. She has been awarded the Polar Medal for contributions to knowledge in Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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