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

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

3. Marble Game

4. 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

5. 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)

7. Rainbow

8. 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.

9. 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