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Elizaveta Vereykina

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multimedia journo for @thebarentsobserver.com, wife of @rhewlif.xyz, filmmaker turned adventure enthusiast based in 🇳🇴, ex-BBC World News, urban gardener, pet lover, Moscow native, media.elizaveta.no

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Nov 13

Hi! Welcome dear new follower! I'm a journo based in Norway, on the border with Russia, covering geo-politics, climate change and social issues in the Arctic for The Barents Observer.

My latest articles get posted here, but check out my website too to find some of my video reports.

Elizaveta Vereykina

Reporter, producer and camerawoman, based in Norway. Formerly of BBC World News, Elizaveta Vereykina now reports for The Barents Observer.

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · 11d

Amazing footage of the North Pole! Not everyone gets a chance to be there. And so cool that you even saw a polar bear!

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Map Myths @mapmyths.com · 11d

While en route to the North Pole on a modern ice-going vessel, glaciologist Henry Patton reveals some of the crazy mapping mistakes and theories of what people used to believe lay hidden in this icy kingdom.

📽️ Editing by @media.elizaveta.no

Secrets of the North Pole unravelled

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · 14d

Fantastic photo by @rhewlif.xyz

Record-breaking glacier melt on Svalbard

Svalbard ice loss in 2024 accounted for 10% of the sea-level rise contribution from all glaciers in the world, a new study highlights.

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Sep 4

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 · Aug 29

"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 · Aug 16

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 · Aug 16

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 · Aug 13

Why was Mercator a genius? Explained in just 1 minute by @mapmyths.com

Genius and Visionary: Mercator's Arctic Map

YouTube video by Map Myths

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Aug 10

Hiking with hunky hubby @rhewlif.xyz 😀🇳🇴

Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Aug 8

"In 2024, the company made 23 million kroner (approx. €1 928 725) in revenue, whereas in 2023 it was 17 million NOK (approx. €1 425 580). Whisky is our most profitable product”. My new photo report:

Inside the world’s northernmost distillery

How a small whisky producer in northern Norway won hearts, even in Scotland.

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Henry Patton @rhewlif.xyz · Jul 28

"Maybe they should enjoy nature instead of being confused"

In this short Midnight Sun report by @media.elizaveta.no I contributed drone footage of some amazing North Norwegian landscapes.

First time seeing a brown bear up close too 🐻

Midnight sun in the Arctic - love it or hate it?

YouTube video by The Barents Observer

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Jul 4

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 · May 23

"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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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Apr 26

Interesting story about the Danish/American rivalry over #Greenland a century before Trump:

Abandoned and presumed dead in Greenland

YouTube video by Map Myths

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Apr 16

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Mediazona English @en.zona.media · Apr 15

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

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Apr 15

"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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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Mar 31

If you are a #researcher who has just done an interesting new study on climate change/environment in the #Arctic - let me know! I'm looking for #climate change news stories in the #Barents region and I'm always open to new suggestions and research. Let's explain science to the world! :)

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Map Myths @mapmyths.com · Mar 24

The eyes of a man found after more than two years alone with his comrade in the remotest parts of Greenland.

His rescue brought news to the world that a major map myth had been finally busted.

Read the story full of tragedies and perseverance on our blog: myths.rhewlif.xyz/blog/peary-c...

Abandoned and presumed dead: The rivalry over Greenland a century before Trump.

The first photo of Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen taken after spending 28 months alone in Greenland with his comrade Iver Iversen.

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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · Mar 20

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 · Mar 18

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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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Mar 6

Thanks for sharing, Thomas!

Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Mar 5

My new video from northern Norway, where researcher Freya Sykes explains what is happening and how we can help our planet.
And Dr Henry Patton @rhewlif.xyz takes us on a quick trip across Greenland, which, according to recent studies, is losing 30 million tonnes of ice every hour!

8 climate change facts you need to know

YouTube video by The Barents Observer

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Feb 16

My picture of Alexei #Navalny and his wife Yulia at a street protest in Moscow, #Russia, 2019. Today, 16 February, is the first anniversary of Navalny's death in a Russian prison.

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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · Feb 14

Researchers point out that January 2025 is the warmest in 176-year global climate record, 0.03 degrees celsius above the previous record reached in 2024.

2025 has the potential to go down as the hottest year on record. #climatechange #globalwarming

Second lowest January sea ice extent

As global warming reaches new heights, the extent of Arctic sea ice shrinks further.

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Elizaveta Vereykina @media.elizaveta.no · Feb 12

Local business photo story: I went to an #Arctic salmon farm.

'Arctic waters are perfect for salmon farming'

The fishing industry is particularly important in northern Norway. Here in Finnmark county, it accounts for almost 7 per cent of private sector employment. Atlantic salmon farms are a significant part...