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Will climate change open up the Arctic to tourism?

Arctic sea ice
This photo provided by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Arctic sea ice.
Associated Press 2014

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Melting arctic ice has opened up the Northwest Passage, but what are the tourism and environmental implications of that?

MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with Alain Grenier, a sociologist and professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal, about how both commercial vessels and tourist ships may try to take advantage of the newly accessible passageway.