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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Conceptual framework -- 3.Research methods -- 4.Main themes -- 5.Conclusions -- 1.General introduction -- 1.1.Tourism and historic sites in Antarctica and Svalbard -- 1.2.Key concepts -- 1.2.1.Heritage, historic sites, and the historic environment...

Contents note continued: 1.9.1.Dedicated vs. opportunistic research -- 1.9.2.Case study approach -- 1.9.3.Unit of analysis -- 1.9.4.The boundaries of research -- 1.10.Structure of this thesis -- 2.Research methods -- 2.1.Introduction: Unobtrusive research methods -- 2.2.Modi operandi -- 2.3.Site sur...

Contents note continued: 3.2.Antarctic tourism and cumulative impacts -- 3.3.The Antarctic Treaty System and existing legal instruments to address cumulative impacts -- 3.3.1.The Antarctic Treaty and Environmental Protocol -- 3.3.2.Relevant instruments under the Protocol to address cumulative impact...

Contents note continued: 3.9.Conclusion -- 3.10.Acknowledgments -- 4.Monitoring the transformation of historic features in Antarctica and Svalbard: Local processes and regional contexts -- Abstract -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Methods -- 4.2.1.Repeat photography as a research method -- 4.2.2.Data coll...

Contents note continued: 4.6.Acknowledgments -- 4.7.Tables Chapter 4 -- 5.Antarctic scientific bases: Environmental and cultural heritage perspectives 1983-2008 -- Abstract -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Overview: Antarctic Historic Sites and Monuments -- 5.3.Perspectives on Antarctic material culture -...

Contents note continued: 6.6.Polar cultural heritage as tourism attraction systems -- 6.7.Conclusions -- 6.8.Acknowledgments -- 7.From extraction to exhibition: Tourism at a disused marble quarry at Ny-London, Svalbard -- Abstract -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Methods -- 7.3.Results and discussion -- 7...

Contents note continued: 8.4.2.2.Tourism behaviour traces and impacts -- 8.5.Conclusions -- 8.6.Acknowledgments -- 9.Overview and synthesis -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Tourism as behaviour -- 9.2.1.Destination selection -- 9.2.2.Behavioural patterns of shore visits -- 9.2.3.Individual behaviour -- 9....

Contents note continued: 10.3.Reflection on research methods and future research -- 10.4.Closing remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 Acronyms and abbreviations -- Appendix 2 Glossary -- Appendix 3 Cultural heritage in the 2001 Svalbard Act -- Appendix 4 Cultural herita...