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Contributors

Preface

PART I: INTRODUCTION AND ISSUES: TOURIST EXPERIENCES OF THE ARCTIC

1 Arctic Destinations and Attractions as Evolving Peripheral Settings for the Production and Consumption of Peak Tourism Experiences

2 Experiencing the Arctic in the Past: French Visitors to Finnmark in the Late 1700s and Early 1800s

3 Roles of Adventure Guides in Balancing Perceptions of Risk and Safety

4 The Central Role of Identity in the Arctic Periphery

5 Tourists and Narration in the Arctic: The Changing Experience of Museums

6 World Heritage List = Tourism Attractiveness?

PART II: CREATING TOURIST EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTIC

7 Degrees of Peripherality in the Production and Consumption of Leisure Tourism in Greenland

8 Northern Lights Experiences in the Arctic Dark: Old Imaginaries and New Tourism Narratives

9 Exploring the Extreme Iditarod Trail in Alaska

10 The Arctic Tourism Experience from an Evolving Chinese Perspective

11 Tourists’ Interpretations of a ‘Feelgood In Lapland’ Holiday – A Case Study

12 Negotiating Sami Place and Identity: Do Scottish Traditions Help Sami to be More Sami?

13 Emergence of Experience Production Systems for Mass Tourism Participation in Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Arctic Scandinavia

14 Factors of Peripherality: Whale Watching in Northern Norway

15 Responsible Fishing Tourism in the Arctic

16 Long Way Up: Powered Two-wheeled Journeys in Northern Peripheries

17 Experiences of Marine Adventurers in the Canadian Arctic

18 Arctic Tourism in Russia: Attractions, Experiences, Challenges and Potentials

19 Tourism Experiences in Post-Soviet Arctic Borderlands

20 Arctic Tourism Experiences: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Research Directions for a Changing Periphery

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