Blog: Linde van Bets investigates cruise tourism in the Arctic

Researchers are on an expedition to the Arctic and report in a blog. Linde Van Bets, PhD researcher Environmental Policy Group, is in Svalbard for a month (two weeks in Longyearbyen and two weeks in Ny-Ålesund) to investigate how expedition cruise tourism adapts to ecosystem changes.

• Blog postings of Linde van Bets:

• Hanging out in the harbour - 20 July 2014
  
• Welcome to Longyearbyen - 15 July 2014
   
• Blog of the Arctic expedition: http://arctic-imares.blogspot.nl
  
  
• More about the expedition: Arctic expedition to Svalbard

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