The WikiLeaks Arctic cables

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Dodds, Klaus J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224741100043x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224741100043X

ABSTRACT This note considers some of the WikiLeaks Arctic cables, and their possible implications for how we might understand the framing of the region. What matters is not so much the content of the leaked cables but rather the way in which their release stirred up debate about the underlying behaviour and motivation of interested parties, especially the Arctic Ocean coastal states. Their existence in the public domain usefully highlights the potential role for new knowledge networks and actors in the www era.