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Trude Pettersen

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Trude Pettersen worked for the Norwegian Barents Secretariat from 2008 - 2016 as the assistant editor of BarentsObserver. Trude graduated from the University of Tromsø in 2000 with a MA degree in Russian. She has also studied International Politics and Russia and Eastern Europe Area Studies.

Content by Trude Pettersen

Norway and Russia to study sunken nuclear sub

Norway and Russia launches a joint expedition to determine the condition of a sunken nuclear submarine and containers of radioactive waste dumped in the Barents Sea.

June 23, 2014

Potential nuclear threat to be eliminated

Severodvinsk can soon get rid of one of the town’s potential nuclear threats. The battle cruiser “Admiral Ushakov” is to be scrapped. Money for the project has been allocated in next year’s budget.

June 23, 2014

700 years of military history at risk in Vardø

The Norwegian Armed Forces want to cut down on the number of soldiers at the world’s northernmost fortress Vardøhus from four to zero.

June 20, 2014

China to release guidebook on Arctic shipping

China is accelerating its pace in Arctic exploration by publishing its first guide to sailing through the Northern Sea Route.

June 20, 2014

Air Force exercise above Barents Sea

Russia is conducting an air force exercise involving more than 25 fighter jets and fighter bombers of different types in the Barents Sea area.

June 19, 2014

Airborne geophysical survey in the high Arctic

The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources has announced a tender for aerial photography of the northern parts of the East Siberian Ocean to estimate oil and gas reserves in the area and obtain further evidence for the shelf’s outer limits.

June 19, 2014

Extreme ice conditions in future oil areas

Scientists returning from an Arctic expedition to areas where Rosneft and ExxonMobile are planning to start offshore explorations, warn about extreme ice conditions.

June 18, 2014

Murmansk journalist killed in Ukraine

A Murmansk journalist working as correspondent for the State Radio and Television Company VGTRK in Ukraine was killed in a shelling attack in Lugansk in Ukraine today.

June 17, 2014

Film festival success in the heart of Lapland

The 29th Midnight Sun Film Festival held in Sodankylä, Lapland, wrapped up Sunday. 25,000 visitors flocked to see films in the northern cult festival.

June 17, 2014

Arctic expert enters Rosneft board

The Russian Presidential Aide on Arctic and Antarctic affairs Artur Chilingarov enters Rosneft’s board.

June 16, 2014