Future Governance of the Arctic: Press, Policy and the Arctic Council
Journal: eCommons (Cornell University)
Year: 2017

The changing situation in the Arctic due to global warming has prompted media coverage of a supposed ?scramble for the Arctic,? an ?Arctic boom,? or an ?Arctic Bonanza.? Some even go further, deploying the rhetoric of a ?New Cold War,? predicting an inevitable clash between the United States and Russia over interests in the region. The press coverage in both countries over the past decade reflects this new sensationalism. The academic literature unequivocally confirms that the press exerts subst