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Elizaveta Vereykina

@media.elizaveta.no

multimedia journo, wife of @rhewlif.xyz, filmmaker turned adventure enthusiast based in Tromsø 🇳🇴, ex-BBC World News, ex-Barents Observer, media.elizaveta.no

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Map Myths@mapmyths.com · 6mo ago

To understand what compelled the shooting and what happened in the aftermath of the expedition, read our full blog post below. Or check out our video story on YouTube with many unique shots and footage from the journey. 📽️ youtu.be/b2dWkASiVeg

Murder in the Arctic while on the chase for a phantom land

During the search for a phantom land near Greenland that could settle the debate over who really first reached the North Pole, one man never returned from the i

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Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · 7mo ago

"I feel like a citizen of Russia who has all the rights to come back home", Alexei Navalny told us. On this day, on Jan 17 2021, Navalny came back to Moscow. I was on that flight with him along with dozens of other journalists. Here is some of what I filmed:

Map Myths@mapmyths.com · 7mo ago

American interests in controlling Greenland are nothing new. A century ago the famous American Arctic explorer Robert E Peary fully supported the purchase of Greenland from Denmark, citing national security concerns. A 🧵

In 1916, before the American entry into the World War, Arctic explorer Peary, discoverer of the North Pole, strongly urged that the United States purchase Greenland from Denmark. "Greenland in our hands," he wrote then, "may be a valuable piece of our defensive armor. In the hands of a hostile interest it could be a serious menace." Source: Geographic News Bulletins 1941Robert Peary on the main deck of steamship Roosevelt c.1909. Source: Wikimedia
The Barents Observer@thebarentsobserver.com · 9mo ago

"We hypothesised that the mammoth died in a stressful situation. He was probably hunted by predators. As the body is so well preserved, we can see the scratches on the skin. They are most probably from a cave lion, based on their size and shape.” Dr Emilio Mármol told the Barents Observer.

Mammoth RNA molecules sequenced for the first time

This data provides further insight into the events surrounding the death of the mammoth in the northern Siberian permafrost around 40,000 years ago.

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The Barents Observer@thebarentsobserver.com · 9mo ago

The latest satellite photos of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, for instance, illustrate the extent to which local glaciers have melted. "We need to dramatically reduce emissions", - a new research emphasises.

Northern Norway feels the consequences of record-high fossil fuel emissions

With 2025 set to be a record year for fossil fuel emissions, experts have concluded that it is no longer plausible to keep global warming below 1.5°C.

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Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · 11mo ago

Straight from the North Pole! See the great pics by @rhewlif.xyz, who is now sailing on board the icebreaker vessel Kronprins Haakon. The story of how researchers grappled with 'unsettling' feelings three decades after their first visit to the northernmost point on Earth. Plus 📷 of a polar bear.

“I didn’t hear the usual grinding of ice”

When a Norwegian vessel reached the North Pole this week, the scientific team made an alarming discovery.

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Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · 11mo ago

"The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in the summer by 2050,” the Norwegian government says. "Animals living on or within the sea ice ... will lose their habitat... This changes the Arctic ecosystem, but we don’t know how," UiT Arctic University of Norway Professor Marit Reigstad told me. #climate

Norway steps up Arctic research as sea ice shrinks

As the sea ice slowly disappears, the Norwegian government is allocating an additional one billion kroner (about €85 million) to study the impacts of climate changes in the Arctic Ocean.

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Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · 12mo ago

The famous scientific ship RV Kronprins Haakon leaves #Svalbard today with 25 scientists on board. Till Sep 19 they'll be collecting data to shed light on Arctic #climate during past ‘warmer-than-present-day’ conditions. It matters as future projections show sea-ice-free summers before 2050.

Henry Patton@rhewlif.xyz · 12mo ago

An exciting expedition awaits! Our home for the next 5 weeks as we head into the frozen Arctic Ocean to collect new palaeo archives.

Kronprins Haakon research vessel docked in Longyearbyen
Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · last yr.

I spoke to the archaeologist in charge of the excavations: "These brooches were likely made by professional artisans in the urban communities further south, for example in Trondheim. People were importing and exporting products across Scandinavia and as far as England, Ireland, and Iceland.”

Viking Age boat grave discovered on island in northern Norway

The 1,000-year-old skeleton, which was found alongside jewellery, a dog and textiles, probably belongs to the wife of a high-ranking local farmer.

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Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · last yr.

"We have water, we have wind, and we have the sea. Instead of saying no, we are against (wind farms). Then what are we for?" - a local politician told me. "What are your proposals for a solution? We have created growth based on our natural resources”. #climatechange My new long-read:

“Onshore windpower is the best solution for Northern Norway”

Many experts in the North see wind power as an important source of green energy in the context of increasing energy demand and climate change. Meanwhile some locals still don't welcome it, seeing it a...

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Mediazona English@en.zona.media · last yr.

A Moscow court sentenced 4 journalists for alleged involvement in Navalny’s “extremist” Anti-Corruption Foundation: Antonina Favorskaya, Artem Krieger (both SotaVision), Konstantin Gabov (Reuters) and Sergei Karelin (AP) to 5.5 years in prison 📷 Alexandra Astakhova/Mediazona

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Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · last yr.

"It's okay that people are coming here, but it is in a way too much, I think, too many. And it's a problem. For example, they use nature as a toilet sometimes”, some locals told me. "Northern Norway needs tourism”, others said. #Tromsø #Arctic. Check out my new photo-report:

Is Norway's Arctic tourism boom paying off?

While some see tourism as a great opportunity for regional development, others fear it will ruin the pristine nature and drive up local prices.

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The Barents Observer@thebarentsobserver.com · last yr.

The year of 2024 was the warmest on record in the 175 years of observations. "The change now is much faster than natural climate change in the past," Philipp Assmy, a senior researcher at the Norwegian Polar Institute, told the Barents Observer.

'Warming Arctic causes heat waves, floods in Europe'

“Millions of people living on the coastline are in danger”, researchers warn after 2024 is declared the warmest year on record.

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Elizaveta Vereykina@media.elizaveta.no · last yr.

My new photo report - I visit a seaweed farm in Tromsø, Arctic Norway, and then a kitchen on board a huge coastal liner "In Asia it is very common to eat seaweed. There has been a tradition for it in Norway back in history. But it has been lost and forgotten”, a researcher told me.

Arctic grown seaweed will be next big thing on your menu

Despite being a seafaring nation for centuries, it is only in recent years that Norway rediscovered the value of seaweed - marine algae - as a food source.

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