The BarentsObserver crew in 2012. Atle Staalesen (left) Michail Smirnov, Trude Pettersen, Thomas Nilsen and Jonas Karlsbakk
Photo: Bård Wormdal
Winters in the north can be harsh, but weather is never a hinder for news updates from the Barents Region. Trude and Thomas are here reporting from the field in minus 34 degrees Celsius.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
The BarentsObserver news desk has modern facilities.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
The BarentsObserver news desk in Kirkenes.
Photo: Knut Pettersen
Atle, Jonas, Thomas and Trude at the Red Square in Moscow.
Photo: Knut Pettersen
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
Thomas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Barents discussions.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
Thomas, Trude and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
Jonas making video recordings for BarentsObserver.
Photo: Trude Pettersen
The staff of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat's Russian offices, who contributes with insight for the production of BarentsObserver. Andrey Shalyov (left) and Anastasia Sazhenova from Arkhangelsk, Andrey Vokuev from Naryan Mar, Alexey Filin and Maria Goman from Murmansk.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
The annual BarentsObserver media seminar in Murmansk.
Photo: Anna Filina
BarentsObserver visits Gazeta Pechenga's office in the Russian border town of Nikel.
BarentsObserver cover a large area of four countries and three time zones.
Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk
BarentsObserver's translater Michael Smirnov in Nikel.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Thomas, Trude and Jonas in the depths of the LKAB iron ore mines in Kiruna, 700 meters below ground level.
Thomas together with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister and Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen.