L8 - Extremely Cool Why are venture capitalists suddenly interested in Antarctica? Why? Its an extreme place for a holiday

L8 - Extremely Cool Why are venture capitalists suddenly interested in Antarctica? Belize Marbles Centre of the Universe Bookcheck Rainbow re. Wilderness

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Extreme Environments Location with a particularly difficult environments The development of tourism has only recently occurred due to niche market demand for somewhere different with physical challenge

Explanation Dangerous landscape / difficult climate Sparsely settled – access id ficcufit Why? Thrill – activities Needs an extreme envrionment (e.g. ice-walking) Clearly a variety of locations across the entire world (e.g. desert quad-biking)

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Space-time compression World wilderness are threatened by this. Tourists and venture capitalists pay attention to previously isolated regions. The distance is ‘eradicated’ by transport and communications technology – e.g. air travel, internet Shrinking world – wilderness is opened up to the flows of globalisation.

Centre of the Universe Distance to Antarctica is being eradicated The environment of Antarctica is being eradicated The animals of Antarctica are being eradicated The wilderness of the world is being eradicated