Atle Staalesen

Russia's nuclear powered container ship is sailing into thick ice

The "Sevmorput" joins a convoy of vessels that will break its way across the Northern Sea Route.
January 26, 2022

Rosneft might have made a major discovery in the Pechora Sea

The Medynsko-Varandeyskoye license is believed to hold as much as 410 million tons of oil.
January 21, 2022

Norwegian sub gets 'technical challenges' on Arctic coast as snowstorm approaches

The "KNM Utvær" had to be towed to safety and repair works are now made at open sea.
January 20, 2022

Finnish shipbuilders contract powerful icebreaker for Russian Arctic

It is the most powerful icebreaker ever built in Finland.
January 19, 2022

"A blind investment in oil"

Norwegian environmental organisations rage as the country's government issues a big number of new drilling licenses.
January 18, 2022

Russia's grand Arctic plan might get stuck in the ice

The troublesome shipping on the Northern Sea Route continues into the new year. Almost three weeks after the world's most powerful icebreaker arrived in the Chukchi Sea, none of the four vessels stuck in the area have broken out of the ice.
January 17, 2022

Norway makes more money on oil than ever

It was a great year for Norwegian oil and gas, the country's Petroleum Director Ingrid Sølvberg said in her recap of 2021. She did not mention the word "climate" even once.
January 13, 2022

Russia's new North Pole platform soon ready to move into ice

The unique research station will conduct its first expedition this year, the country's natural resource minster says.
January 12, 2022

Russian investigators find a vaccine swindler near border to Norway

According to the Investigative Committee in Murmansk, a medical doctor from the town of Pechenga has made a number of fake listings in the Russian COVID-19 vaccine registry.
January 11, 2022

"Hands off Kazakhstan," says Yelena from northern Russia

In a single-person protest against her country's intervention in the neighboring country, Yelena Gulina stood bravely in a downtown square in Syktyvkar.
January 10, 2022

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Atle is journalist and Publisher of the Independent Barents Observer.

In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer. He was editor until 2009 and later worked as journalist and project coordinator for several European cross-border cooperation projects. In late 2015, following a conflict over editorial rights, he re-established the Barents Observer as an independent and non-profit stock company along with the rest of the newspaper crew.  

Atle has a degree in Russian studies from the University of Oslo and studied journalism at the Moscow State University.

atle@thebarentsobserver.com
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