Sea ice in Canada's Arctic: Implications for cruise tourism

Arctic

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 370-380

  Stewart, E J ^a   Howell, S E L ^a   Draper, D ^a   Yackel, J ^a   Tivy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Cruise tourism; Northwest Passage; Polar tourism; Sea ice; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; NAVIGATION; PASSENGER SHIP; SEA ICE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WARMING;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349091421     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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