Atle Staalesen

Crown princess calls for Arctic action, draws line to her 19th century royal ancestor

The Arctic is a global issue that requires global resolve, says Victoria of Sweden and links her Arctic enthusiasm to King Oscar II.
October 11, 2019

New icebreakers, ports and satellites for Northern Sea Route

The most ambitious infrastructure building in the Arctic ever is to help Russia extract the vast natural resources of the region.
October 09, 2019

A first shipment of fertilizers is on its way across the Northern Sea Route

The Arctic route opens new opportunities for our deliveries to Asia, says company Acron.
October 08, 2019

Putin wants new connection between Arctic coast and Indian Ocean

The construction of a railway line to Sabetta is what is needed, the president argues.
October 07, 2019

Shipping on Northern Sea Route up 40%

Goods volumes are expected to reach 29 million tons in course of 2019, says leader of Russia’s Northern Sea Route Administration.
October 04, 2019

As ice shrinks to year’s low, a powerful fleet of tankers sail Arctic route to Asia

Almost half of the icebreaking carriers serving the Yamal LNG this week traverse the most difficult part of Russia’s Northern Sea.
October 03, 2019

Deliveries to Arctic military bases up 200%

State military shipping company Oboronlogistika has this year delivered 30,000 tons of goods to Russia’s new Navy bases in the High Arctic.
October 01, 2019

U.S sanctions against Chinese shipper reverberate on Russian Arctic coast

Washington’s blacklisting of COSCO includes potentially devastating consequences for Russian LNG exports from the Arctic.
October 01, 2019

A lone climate activist from Murmansk is interrogated by FSB

Security officers approached Maria Bogdanova at her workplace and questioned her about a planned climate strike.
September 30, 2019

China’s first Yamal LNG tanker is soon on its way to Murmansk

The «LNG Dubhe» is the first Chinese-built carrier made for the Russian Yamal LNG project. The shipyard in Shanghai has another 3 vessels in the line.
September 27, 2019

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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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