Atle Staalesen

Big supplies on its way to Arctic military bases

More than 37 thousand tons of foodstuff and construction materials are being delivered to 60 bases and units all over the Russian Arctic.
July 24, 2019

Russian Arctic town explores new way to North Pole

Local authorities in Khatanga aims for the development of a tourism route to the top of the world.
July 23, 2019

Arctic summer 2019: record-beating heat, dramatic ice loss and raging wildfires

Gloomy pictures of climate change from the top of the world.
July 22, 2019

Russia establishes new Arctic air squadron to protect its Northern Sea Route

A fleet of Su-34 fighter jets is to be deployed across the region. Their main base might be in the Kola Peninsula, not far from Finland and Norway.
July 19, 2019

Time schedules and budgets crushed, but still no icebreaking for Russia’s new Arctic vessel

The «Viktor Chernomyrdin» was supposed to be on duty in the Arctic already in 2015.
July 18, 2019

Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site

A fleet of supply ships surround the «Nan Hai Ba Hao» as it gets ready to spud a well in the Kara Sea.
July 16, 2019

Economically wrecked Murmansk Shipping Company loses control over its only passenger line

The company is no longer capable of operating the 42 year old liner that serves isolated settlements along the Kola Peninsula.
July 15, 2019

No big Arctic oil on Northern Sea Route without big tax cuts, says Rosneft

The company makes clear that it can build a 600 km long pipeline to the Arctic Ocean and export millions of tons of oil through Arctic waters. But only if it gets major tax benefits from government.
July 11, 2019

«We want to change the course of history,» says Northern Sea Route operator

With new super-powerful icebreakers, the Russian Arctic route might be able to compete with the Suez Canal, leader of nuclear power company Rosatom argues.
July 10, 2019

Quiet in Norwegian Arctic port as reloading of Russian LNG comes to end

Several million tons of liquified natural gas were reloaded in course of few months in the waters outside Honningsvåg, northern Norway.
July 05, 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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