Atle Staalesen

Mining and metallurgy major Nornickel expands on Northern Sea Route

The company intends to build several icebreakers and invest 26 billion rubles in its Dudinka seaport.
July 28, 2021

Hungry for more oil, Norway aims for €36 billion investments in new fields

The Nordic country fears its oil production could drop by more than 70 percent in 20 years unless new discoveries are made.
July 27, 2021

Moscow's big plan for trans-Arctic shipping: 2,000 percent growth in 10 years

The Russian government intends to boost annual transit volumes on the Northern Sea Route from 1,3 million tons in 2020 to 30 million tons in 2030.
July 23, 2021

Super-fast sub "Golden Fish" lives on in North Russian Navy town

The conning tower of the world's fastest ever submarine is being turned into a memorial to be placed in the city park of Severodvinsk.
July 16, 2021

The great Arctic greenwash

They are among the world's biggest climate gas emitters. And they are trying to justify their huge new oil and gas projects in the remotest part of the planet.
July 09, 2021

Alarm bells ringing for Atlantic salmon. An invasive species from the Pacific appears to take its place

Local regulators are introducing fishing bans in several rivers in the north Norwegian Finnmark region as fears grow over the future of the Atlantic salmon.
July 08, 2021

The Arctic research base that launched 1,500 rockets faces revival

Up to 140 people used to live at the Krenkel meteorological station in Russia's far northern Franz Josef Land. Now the once extraordinary research base could get a rebirth.
July 08, 2021

Climate change finds a place in Russia's new National Security Strategy

But Moscow warns against foreign attempts to politicise global warming and stagger Russian developments in the Arctic.
July 06, 2021

Kilometre-long queues as people rush to cross reopened Nordic border

Hundreds of cars amass at the far northern border crossing point between Finland and Norway as national authorities ease traveling restrictions.
July 05, 2021

Russia's biggest naval vessels are out at sea

Nuclear-powered battle cruiser Pyotr Velikiy on Thursday set course for the Barents Sea. It follows several of the Russian Navy's biggest ships.
July 02, 2021

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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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