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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 08:37 UTC

Tag: IAATO

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

    Ice Patrol HMS Protector is helping to study the impact of tourism on Antarctica

    According to IAATO, during the 2022/23 season more than 104,000 visitors traveled to Antarctica.

    The Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector took scientists on an Antarctic research cruise to analyze the increasing impact of tourism and climate change on the frozen continent, a challenge which has been underlined by IAATO, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. IAATO has pointed out that during the 2022/23 season more than 104,000 visitors traveled to Antarctica.

  • Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:06 UTC

    During January, HMS Protector will help witha a research on increased tourism and pollution

    IAATO recorded 105,331 people visited Antarctica during the 2022-23 tourism season – travelling on one of 50 ships a day. And this trend is expected to grow

    The consequences of increased tourism and pollution in Antarctica, are two of the tasks the Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector will be checking during this month in the frozen continent. For this purpose it has invited two scientists from the University of Portsmouth, Professor Fay Couceiro and Dr. Clare Boston.

  • Thursday, July 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    IAATO Climate Change Committee incorporates Chimu Adventures Chad Carey

    Carey was elected to a one-year term on the Climate Change Committee and his first step will be to collect a baseline for fuel emissions.

    Chimu Adventures’ Managing Director Chad Carey has joined the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) Climate Change Committee to help improve sustainability in the Antarctic tourism space, according to a statement.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    IAATO confirms the Falklands Development Corporation in its family

    Falkland Development Corp. was voted in at the organization's recent annual meeting in Hamburg

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators welcomed five provisional operators and eight associates. Bunker One A/S, Freestyle Adventure Travel, South America Shipping, UnWild Planet Travel and Polar Tourism Guides Association were approved by IAATO members during an inter-session vote at the end of 2022 while Avila Reizen, Falkland Islands Development Corp. and Summit Aviation were voted in at the organization's recent annual meeting in Hamburg.

  • Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

    Antarctic Tourism is up, but experts give it a thumbs down

    Experts from Antarctic ecologists to marine scientists are sounding the alarm about the environmental impacts of that swelling human presence

    By Jen Rose Smith (*) – Even after Captain James Cook first sailed below the Antarctic Circle 250 years ago, icily inhospitable Antarctica stayed quiet for a long, long time. The only continent with no native human population, it remained a place apart, where occasional expeditions and intrepid researchers contended with harsh and sometimes deadly conditions.

  • Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 10:26 UTC

    Antarctic fellowship recipients announced on Antarctic Treaty anniversary

    Aanchal, plastic polution; Antonio submarine volcanoes; Hanna from Ukraine will be visiting BAS; Eduardo, wildlife conservation.

    On the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, December first 1959, the Antarctic Fellowship Recipients have been announced. The annual fellowships awarded by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), are an investment in the professional development of talented early career researchers and aim to further the understanding of human presence in Antarctica.

  • Friday, October 7th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

    IAATO advances climate strategy and collects all Antarctica visitors fuel data consumption

    The 2022/23 Antarctic season will be the first season in which IAATO will aggregate Operator fuel data.

    Members of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) will for the first time submit seasonal fuel consumption data to the Association’s secretariat as part of a unanimous pledge to create a climate change strategy for Antarctic tourism.

  • Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC

    IAATO appoints Tudor Morgan as chair of the organization

    Tudor has been involved in Antarctic-related fields since 1994, working for BAS, and later UKAHT with whom he attended his first IAATO meeting 13 years ago

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has appointed Executive Committee member Tudor Morgan to its leading role. Tudor, VP Government and Industry relations at IAATO member operator Hurtigruten Expeditions, takes the reins from Robyn Woodhead, who steps down after five years on the EC, the last one as chair.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

    IAATO officially marked Antarctic Ambassadorship Day, April 25

    Gina Greer, IAATO Executive Director hopes the first Antarctic Ambassadorship Day this year ”will inspire more people to join this exciting community.”

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO has announced that the first international day dedicated to Antarctic Ambassadors will be held on 25 April 2022. Last August IAATO as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations, anticipated the creation of Antarctic Ambassadorship Day. The membership organisation formalised its definition of an Antarctic Ambassador in May to be someone who:

  • Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 08:50 UTC

    IAATO preparing for the season with tour operators and Antarctica Gateways

    IAATO met with members to discuss season operations, following released Covid-19 parameters for travel from Antarctic Gateways Argentina, Chile and Falkland Islands.

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) is preparing for the start of the Antarctic travel season following months of discussion and collaboration with Antarctic gateways.

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