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The WikiLeaks Arctic cables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2011

Klaus J. Dodds
Klaus J. Dodds*
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Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX ([email protected])
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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.

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Polar Record , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , April 2012 , pp. 199 - 201
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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