Cruise and yacht tourism in the North American Arctic have increased rapidly over the past decade as changes in sea ice has expanded open- water areas and season length . The risk of a major accident or incident among Arctic-going yachts and some expedition passenger vessels is very high relative to other ships  due to the combined increases in mobile ice, especially along the Northwest Passage , limited regulation for private yachts , the propensity for cruise ships to travel into newly ice-free and poorly charted areas, and the increasing number of non- ice-strengthened vessels operating in the region . Compounding risks include a lack of hydrographic charting and the lack of emergency response infrastructure  . Tourism demand for polar bear viewing in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, may change due to climate-related declines in polar bear health , but may be offset by 'Last Chance Tourism' , a niche tourism market of individuals who explicitly seek to visit vanishing landscapes and/ or disappearing flora and fauna . The ethics of promoting LCT has been questioned considering that more visitation to sensitive sites increases local impacts as well as travel-related emissions .
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