Green Ice Tourism Ecologies in the European High North
This book presents lively case studies of tourism developments in the European High North from diverse perspectives. It compares views of the changing political ecology of a fragile region shaped by climatic and cultural factors. In exploring the mutual r
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Simone Abram • Katrín Anna Lund Editors
Green Ice Tourism Ecologies in the European High North
Editors Simone Abram Leeds Beckett University Leeds, United Kingdom
Katrín Anna Lund University of Iceland Reykjavik, Iceland
ISBN 978-1-137-58735-0 ISBN 978-1-137-58736-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58736-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958041 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Cover pattern © Harvey Loake Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Much of the research reported in this volume comes under the international research project ‘Arctic Encounters: Contemporary Travel/Writing in the European High North’ (see arcticencounters.net). The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding of this project by Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA). We should also like to thank the project leader, Professor Graham Huggan, for his leadership and support in the production of this work, and the project researcher, Dr. Roger Norum, for his valuable assistance.
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CONTENTS
1 Green Ice? Tourism Ecologies in the High North Simone Abram and Katrín Anna Lund
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2 Responsible Cohabitation in Arctic Waters: The Promise of a Spectacle Tourist Whale Britt Kramvig, Berit Kristoffersen and Anniken Førde
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3 Chasing the Lights: Darkness, Tourism and the Northern Lights Katrín Anna Lund
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4 Greenland, My Greenland—Accessing Greenlandic History, Identity and Nation-building through its Nation-branding Strategy, a Tourist Website and 247 Comments Astrid Andersen 5 Afterword Juan Francisco Salazar
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