Physical scientists, social scientists, humanities scholars, and journalists have all framed Antarctica as a place of global importance—as a laboratory for scientific research, as a strategic site for geopolitical agendas, and more recently as a source of melting ice that could catastrophically inundate populations worldwide. Yet, the changing cryosphere impacts society within Antarctica as well, and this article expands the focus of Antarctic ice research to include human activities on and around the continent. It reframes Antarctica as a place with human history and local activities that are being affected by melting ice, even if the consequences are much smaller in scale than the effects of global sea level rise. Specifically focused on tourism and conservation along the west Antarctica Peninsula (wAP), this article demonstrates the impacts of changing glaciers and sea ice on the timing, location, and type of tourism as well as the ability of changing ice to mediate human experiences through conservation agendas. As future ice conditions influence Antarctic tourism and conservation, an attention to issues emerging within the wAP region offers a new perspective on climate change impacts and the management of Antarctic activities in the 21st-century Anthropocene.

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重新定义南极洲的冰损失：冰冻圈变化对当地人类活动的影响

物理科学家、社会科学家、人文学者和记者都将南极洲定位为一个具有全球重要性的地方——作为科学研究的实验室，作为地缘政治议程的战略地点，以及最近作为可能灾难性淹没的融冰的来源全世界的人口。然而，不断变化的冰冻圈影响着社会之内南极洲也是如此，本文将南极冰研究的重点扩大到包括该大陆及其周边地区的人类活动。它将南极洲重新定义为一个有人类历史和当地活动受到冰川融化影响的地方，即使其后果的规模远小于全球海平面上升的影响。本文特别关注南极半岛西部 (wAP) 沿线的旅游和保护，展示了冰川和海冰变化对旅游时间、地点和类型的影响，以及通过保护改变冰层调节人类体验的能力议程。由于未来的冰情影响南极旅游和保护，