1. Department of Geo & Ocean sciences, Nanjing University;
2. Department of Geography, Beijing University;
3. Department of Geography, Chuzhou Normal Technical College, Anhui Province
Abstract：This paper is desighed to discuss an assumption for exploiting the Antarctic tourism resources.The authors think that since our Great Wall Station and Zhounshan (Sun Yet-sen) Station has been built,anti-ice vessel (Ji Di) and break-ice vessel (Xue Long) have been purchased,and what is more,the living standards of our people have been raised step by step,therefore,it is now the time to exploit the Antarctic tourism resources in China.In contrast to enjoying for wasting one's substances it is clear that the Antarctic tourism will be advantageous for heightening our national quality and developing the spirit of patriotism and internationalism.
The authors think that Antarctic tourism should have the principles of sight-worthy sceneries or artificial objects,convenient transpotation,safety,economy and comfort.The paper gives an evaluation of the Antarctic tourism resources, and points out that the Antarcic tourism resources have two aspects,that is,natural sceneries and artificial objects.1.Natural sceneries are polar aurora, polar day and night, ice sheet, glacier, epicontinental ice shelf, iceberg, special climate and ocean current,special geological phenomena (Volcano,ice avalanche etc);special animals and plants (i.e.,penguins,seals sea-berds,fishes,whales,Krills,mosses,lichens,algaes etc.).2.Artificial objects are early explorers' remains (i.e.scott's shed),early whale fishery base,pole mark,special high-base buildings and facilities,special basic necessities of life and special means of transportation etc.The paper divides Antarctica into four tourism regions,that is,1) Antarctic Peninsula (best tourism reston);2) southeast continental reston (i.e.Momurdo and Scott Station restons;3) northeast continental region (it can be reached only by taking vessel or helicopter);4) the region which can be reached by explorers.
Finally,the paper designs the future organization program for the Antarctic tourism in China,It suggests that we can open two tourism lines,that is,a path going to the Antarctic Peninsula region and a path going round the Antarctic continent.On the way,the vessels can be used to visit oversea sceneries, to do pelagic investigation and pelagic fishing (or krill) for promoting the development of our tourism, pelagic investigation,pelagic fishing and transportation.
