In the middle of a global economic recession, cruise tourism continues to be one of the major growth engines of international travel. With “average annual increases in passenger numbers of 8.2% over the last two decades”, ...

More than six thousand years after humans reputedly first reached the North America continent by land, Vitus Bering led a Russian expedition aboard two ships to explore Alaska in 1741. Four decades later, Captain James ...

Mass loss from the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has accelerated in recent decades and is predicted to contribute < 40 cm of mean sea level rise in the 21st Century. However, there is significant uncertainty in ...

International tourism is now the dominant force in the world economy and consequently, is heavily promoted as a source of funding sustainable community development. Developing and marketing communities as tourist destinations ...