Atle Staalesen

Barents Cooperation sets aim for visa-free travel, but critics say it is a scam

Regional leaders are on a crash course with national and international legislation as they call for the abolishment of the current visa regimes in the Barents region.
October 16, 2018

Soon no more capelin on Barents dinner tables

Marine researchers recommend a halt in commercial catch on the small fish that is considered key to the food chain in the Barents Sea.
October 12, 2018

Drones to monitor pipelines in Russia’s northernmost oil field

They will help keep an eye on the infrastructure connected to Eastern Messoyakha, the northernmost oil field on the Russian mainland.
October 12, 2018

Novatek makes big discovery in Gulf of Ob

The Russian energy company believes its offshore field located by the Yamal Peninsula holds at least 900 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
October 11, 2018

Russia’s ecosystem mapping of Barents Sea failed

The annual joint Norwegian, Russian environmental mapping of the Barents Sea is considered crucial for the understanding of ongoing major environmental change. But this year, the Russian marine researchers did not get the technical resources needed to do their part.
October 09, 2018

New state commission takes on Putin’s big plan for the Arctic

Russia’s new state Commission for the Arctic will have to follow up the President’s new top priorities, including the boost of goods shipments on the Northern Sea Route to 80 million tons by year 2024.
October 08, 2018

As Arctic flotilla enters Barents Sea, it is joined by FSB Coast Guard

After more than 9,000 miles of sailing and 10 exercises, a group of Northern Fleet vessels sails into the Barents Sea where it engages in joint action with coast guard ships.
October 08, 2018

«Dramatic for Barents ecosystems»

One of the world’s most comprehensive marine research expeditions reveals powerful change in the marine life of the Barents Sea.
October 04, 2018

Oil majors fight over Arctic terminal

Russia’s two biggest oil producers are at odds over out-shipments from the Arctic terminal of Varandey.
October 03, 2018

This place on Russia’s Arctic coast has most dramatic climate change

The town of Dikson and the surrounding Taymyr Peninsula has the most rapid temperature increase in Russia, as well as an aggravating melting of permafrost and nearby sea ice.
October 02, 2018

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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
@atlestaalesen