In light of global climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, this book explores the interactions between Polar tourism and local communities. Via many examples covering the Arctic and Antarctica, it examines the impact of industry and communities and their influence on the other from economic, sociocultural, political and environmental viewpoint

Contributions by: Elena-Laura Alvarez Ortega, Suzanne de la Barre, Renuka Badhe, Larissa Lubiana Botelho, Patrick Brouder, Ebru Caymaz, Carolina Cohen, Elizabeth Cooper, Hong Ching Goh, Sonya Graci, Solène Guggisberg, Anne Hardy, Guðrún Þóra Gunnarsdóttir, Hindertje Hoarau Heemstra, Rachel Henderson, Edward H. Huijbens, Elizabeth Leane, Daniela Liggett, Patrick T. Maher, Yousra Makanse, Katie Marx, Hanne Nielsen, Mariana Morgavi, Giselle E. Medina, Sara Nordin, Albina Pashkevich, Can Seng Ooi, Carolyn Philpott, Jarkko Saarinen, Gabriela Roldan, Mónica Salemme, Valeria Senigaglia, Emma J Stewart, Magnus Biilmann Trolle, Anna-Mari Simunaniemi, Sandra Wall-Reinius, Kaitlyn Washbrook, Yelena Yermakova, Mengzhu Zhang