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TOURISM AND OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Introductory note
A) PROTECT ANTARCTIC WILDLIFE
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Taking hannful with Antarctic wildlife prohibited except accordance with
а permit issued а national authority
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2)
not use aircraft, vessels, small boats, or other means of transport in ways that disturb
wildlife, either at sea or on land.
3)
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not feed, touch, handle birds or seals, approach or photograph them in ways that
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cause them to alter their behavior. Special care is needed when animals are breeding or
moulting
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4)
not damage plants, for example walking, driving, or landing on extensive moss beds or
lichen-covered scree slopes
5)
not use guns explosives. Keep noise to the minimum to avoid frightening wildlife
6)
not bring non-native plants or animals into the Antarctic live poultry, pet dogs and
cats, house plants)
have sometimes caused isruption to scientific programs A major of the consideration
TOURISM AND OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Introductory note
Commercial tourism
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Until 1966 virtually all expeditions to the Antarctic had been organized governments or had
4)
not damage plants, for example walking, driving, or landing on extensive moss beds or
lichen-covered scree slopes
passenger aircraft flying from Australia and New Zealand. Almost all of these flights overflew
parts of Antarctica and returned home without landing. Airbome tourism diminished
considerably following the tragic crash on Mount Erebus, Ross Island, on 28 November 1979
with the loss of 257 lives.
Non-governmental non-tourist expeditions
Such expeditions also began to appear in the Antarctic in 1966. The preparedness of such
expeditions has varied: the consequent requests for assistance from governmental expeditions
have sometimes caused disruption to scientific programs. A major aim of the consideration