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Sea Ice in Canada's Arctic: Implications for Cruise Tourism
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In this paper, the authors argue that Global Climate Model predictions of an ice-free Arctic as early as 2050-70 may lead to a false sense of optimism regarding the potential exploitation of all Canadian Arctic waters for tourism purposes.Abstract:
Although cruise travel to the Canadian Arctic has grown steadily since 1984, some commentators have suggested that growth in this sector of the tourism industry might accelerate, given the warming effects of climate change that are making formerly remote Canadian Arctic communities more accessible to cruise vessels. Using sea-ice charts from the Canadian Ice Service, we argue that Global Climate Model predictions of an ice-free Arctic as early as 2050–70 may lead to a false sense of optimism regarding the potential exploitation of all Canadian Arctic waters for tourism purposes. This is because climate warming is altering the character and distribution of sea ice, increasing the likelihood of hull-penetrating, high-latitude, multi-year ice that could cause major pitfalls for future navigation in some places in Arctic Canada. These changes may have negative implications for cruise tourism in the Canadian Arctic, and, in particular, for tourist transits through the Northwest Passage and High Arctic regions.read more
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Climate change policy responses for Canada's Inuit population: The importance of and opportunities for adaptation
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Last-chance tourism: the boom, doom, and gloom of visiting vanishing destinations
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Multiple Effects of Changes in Arctic Snow Cover
Terry V. Callaghan,Margareta Johansson,Ross Brown,Pavel Ya. Groisman,Niklas Labba,Vladimir F. Radionov,Raymond S. Bradley,Sylvie Blangy,Olga N. Bulygina,Torben R. Christensen,Jonathan E. Colman,Richard Essery,Bruce C. Forbes,Mads C. Forchhammer,Vladimir N. Golubev,Richard E. Honrath,Glenn P. Juday,Anna V. Meshcherskaya,Gareth K. Phoenix,John W. Pomeroy,Arja Rautio,David A. Robinson,Niels Martin Schmidt,Mark C. Serreze,Vladimir P Shevchenko,Alexander I. Shiklomanov,Andrey B. Shmakin,Peter Sköld,Matthew Sturm,Ming-ko Woo,Eric F. Wood +30 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the effects of changing snow cover on the climate, hydrological and ecological systems of the Arctic and other regions through its influence on the surface energy balance (e.g. reflectivity), water balance, thermal regimes, vegetation and trace gas fluxes.
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What we know, do not know, and need to know about climate change vulnerability in the western Canadian Arctic: a systematic literature review
James D. Ford,Tristan Pearce +1 more
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Perspectives of Northern Sea Route and Northwest Passage in the twenty-first century
Vyacheslav Khon,Vyacheslav Khon,Igor I. Mokhov,Mojib Latif,V. E. Semenov,V. E. Semenov,Wonsun Park +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the ability of modern climate models to simulate ice season length in the Arctic, its recent changes and navigation season on Arctic marine routes along the Eurasian and the North American coastlines is evaluated using satellite ice cover observations for 1979-2007.
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TL;DR: Although the large scatter between individual model simulations leads to much uncertainty as to when a seasonally ice-free Arctic Ocean might be realized, this transition to a new arctic state may be rapid once the ice thins to a more vulnerable state.
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The Arctic Amplification Debate
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Thinning of the Arctic sea-ice cover
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