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Jonas Karlsbakk

Jonas Karlsbakk
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Jonas has been working for the Norwegian Barents Secretariat since 2008. He has a Masters Degree in Geography from NTNU in Trondheim from 2003. Between 2003 and 2008 he worked as a journalist in the local newspaper in Kirkenes, Sør-Varanger Avis.

Content by Jonas Karlsbakk

Greenland ice melting rapidly

The Greenland ice sheet is melting more rapidly than previously assumed. Since 1995, the Greenland ice has contributed to an annual ocean level rise of 0.7 millimeters.

April 16, 2009

Norwegian exploration drilling record

In spite of a global oil price decline, the exploration drilling rate is higher than ever on the Norwegian continental shelf.

April 15, 2009

Oil worth billions outside Norway's Arctic coast

Seven billion barrels of oil equivalents are probably hidden under the continental shelf of northern Norway. The oil industry and the political opposition parties now step up pressure on government to extract the resources.

April 07, 2009
Nikolai Ettyne (t.l.) and ABR race manager Ketil Reitan

Dog sled musher evicted from Norway

A musher in the Arctic Barents Race 2009 had by mistake stayed in Norway for three weeks after his visa had expired. Because of this he had to endure a three hour interrogation by the Norwegian police, he was given a 1500 EUR fine and was kicked out of the country in the end.

April 07, 2009
Robert Sørlie, Arctic Barents Race 2009

Dog sleds crossed the Norwegian – Russian border

On Monday racing dog sleds crossed the Norwegian – Russian border for the first time since before the cold war. In March 2010 the 3112 kilometers long Arctic Barents Race will be run from Murmansk to Røros as the longest dog sled race in the world.

April 06, 2009
Melkoya LNG (Allan Klo, fd.no)

Demands Snøhvit CO2 capture survey

Norway’s Minister of the Environment, Erik Solheim, demands that StatoilHydro starts a study on possible total CO2 capture of the Snøhvit LNG-plant in northern Norway.

April 06, 2009
Finnmark Count Governor, Runar Sjåstad

- No quarantine for Russian workers

Russian workers having worked in Norway for two years should not be forced to take one year suspension periods, County Governor of Finnmark, Runar Sjåstad, says. The proposed Norwegian regulation on Russian work immigration will hamper efficient cross-border labor market development, he underlines.

April 03, 2009
The Melkoya LNG plant (StatoilHydro.com)

Snøhvit repairs at half price

StatoilHydro thought the repairs of the Snøhvit LNG plant in Arctic Norway would cost around 500 million EUR. New estimates now show that the repairs will only cost 225 million EUR.

April 03, 2009
Map: Google Earth

Border population wants more cooperation

People living in the Russian border towns of Nikel and Zapolyarny are disappointed about what they see as slow progress in Norwegian-Russian cooperation.

March 20, 2009
Governor Yuri Yevdokimov

− Open Norwegian consulate office in Nikel

Murmansk Oblast Governor Yury Yevdokimov invites Norway to open a consulate office in the border town of Nikel, in order to ease the visa application process for people living in the border areas.

March 20, 2009