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Research on Operational Risk for Northwest Passage Cruise Ships Using POLARIS

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
In the context of global warming, polar tourism is developing rapidly, and the demand for polar cruise travel in the Northwest Passage continues to increase, while sea ice has long been a key factor limiting the development of polar cruise tourism.
Long Ma, Jiemin Fan, Xiaoguang Mou, Sihan Qian, Jin Xu, Liang Cao, Bo Xu, Boxi Yao, Xiaowen Li, Yabin Li   +9 more
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The Cruise Ship

, 2016
The late nineteenth-century cruise ship was more than a mode of transport, ferrying white tourists to island shores; it was a destination in and of itself. In Michel Foucault's formulation, the ship might be conceived of as 'a floating piece of space, a place without a place that exists by itself, that is closed in on itself and at the same time is ...
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Cruise tourism demand forecasting - the case of Dubrovnik

Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2013
The purpose – Cruising is nowadays a mass phenomenon since an increasing number of passengers worldwide have been taking part in this form of tourism.
Ivana Pavlić
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A Price Worth Paying: The Case for Controlling Marine Emissions in the Pearl River Delta [PDF]

, 2012
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is a region with a single airshed, but different administrative and legal practices for controlling air quality. Under the Regional Cooperation Plan on Building a Quality Living Area (QLA Plan) released in June 2012 the ...
Agnes Yip, Alexis K.H. Lau, Che Hei Lee, Chit-Ming Wong, Hak-Kan Li, Hilda Tsang, Jimmy Chan, Jimmy Fung, June Chau, Li Ying, Lin Chubin, Mike Kilburn, Sarah M. McGee, Simon K.W. Ng, Wu Dongwei   +14 more
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Micronuclei and Other Nuclear Abnormalities in Patella Limpet as Biomarkers of Cytogenotoxicity in Recreational Port Waters

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decades, the growth in human population and economic activities has led to an increase in maritime traffic. This rise puts additional pressure on marine environments, vessel fuel spills being considered to have a major impact on the ecosystem.
Carlos Valiente‐Diaz, Eva Garcia‐Vazquez, Verónica Soto‐López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir, Borgný Katrínardóttir, Bruce J. McAdam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of meteorological data from RRS Charles Darwin cruises CD46 and CD47 (BOFS experiment) [PDF]

, 1993
The IOSDL MultiMet meteorological instrumentation system was used during the BOFS experiment on RRS Charles Darwin cruises 46 and 47. This report describes and evaluates the quality of the meteorological data obtained.
Birch, K.G., Pascal, R.W., Taylor, P.K., Tiddy, R.J.   +3 more
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International Tourism in the Global South: Revealing an Extractive Development Process

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Hosting international tourism remains a key development strategy for many Global South countries to generate economic growth, government revenue and employment. However, this conventional wisdom can be contested: tourism may instead be seen as an extractive process that disrupts livelihoods, ecosystems and host economies.
Julia Jeyacheya, Mark P. Hampton
wiley   +1 more source

Safety of LNG-Fuelled Cruise Ships in Comparative Risk Assessment

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Although liquefied natural gas (LNG) is already widely used as a marine fuel, its use on large cruise ships is a relatively new development. By the end of 2024, twenty-four LNG-fuelled cruise ships were in operation, each carrying several thousand ...
Elvis Čapalija, Peter Vidmar, Marko Perkovič   +2 more
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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