Atle Staalesen

Sergei Shoigu lines up a circumpolar cruise

The Russian defence minister intends to organise a historical circumpolar voyage that includes visits to all Arctic archipelagos.
October 20, 2021

North Russian regions impose new COVID restrictions

Unvaccinated pensioners are told to stay home as hospitals fill up with infected patients.
October 19, 2021

Shipping on Northern Sea Route has course for 35 million tons in 2021

There is considerable growth in shipments on Russia's remote Arctic route, but shippers will have to boost deliveries by more than 100 percent in only two years if they are to reach the target set by the Kremlin.
October 19, 2021

Russia's first Arctic wind farm rises on stormy stretches outside Murmansk

Twenty of the projected 57 turbines are posing in the horizon of the far northern Kola Peninsula. The wind power park is due to start production in May 2022.
October 19, 2021

Coal diggers are building a settlement on the Taymyr tundra

It will house the workers that are to operate one of Russia's northernmost coal fields.
October 15, 2021

Norwegian and Russian fishermen get 20% cut in Barents cod quotas

But the quota level is still on a historically high level, negotiators say after Norwegian and Russian fishery authorities sign deal.
October 15, 2021

Putin loads his energy weapon with alternative power

The Russian president says his country intends to make bigger CO2 emission cuts than the EU, and offers new energy partnerships with European leaders. Natural gas from the Arctic is key part of the plan.
October 14, 2021

Norway’s new government highlights fight against climate change. And continued oil drilling

The cabinet of Jonas Gahr Støre is making climate change and the High North top priorities. At the same time, it aims for reduced fuel prices and continued drilling in Arctic waters.
October 14, 2021

New oil discovery adds resources to Barents field

Company Vår Energi finds up to 12 million barres of recoverable oil equivalents in its far northern Rødhette well.
October 13, 2021

On remotest Arctic coast comes a nuclear-powered gold mine

The Kyuchus field will be one of Russia's biggest gold mining projects. Its development includes the building of a nuclear power station.
October 10, 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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