Tourism in Antarctica: A Geopolitical Stake?
- By Mathias Strobel
- and Frank Tétart
Pages 167 to 177
Cite this article
- STROBEL, Mathias
- and TÉTART, Frank,
- Strobel, Mathias.
- et al.
- Strobel, M.
- and Tétart, F.
https://doi.org/10.3917/her.127.0167
Cite this article
- Strobel, M.
- and Tétart, F.
- Strobel, Mathias.
- et al.
- STROBEL, Mathias
- and TÉTART, Frank,
https://doi.org/10.3917/her.127.0167
Antarctica is the only uninhabited continent, consecrated to science and peace. Since the beginning of the 90s, it faces a spectacular tourism expansion, especially in the Antarctic Peninsula, more accessible and richer in biodiversity than the rest of the continent. Beyond its impact on the environment, tourism in Antarctica raises the question of regulation for commercial activities on a continent with a particular status, as it is collectively managed since the Antarctic treaty in Washington in 1959. But the question of tourism also creates tensions between states, which besides their scientific presence have not renounced to territorial revendication of this continent.