Atle Staalesen

A historic shipment from Sabetta points at global advance of Arctic LNG

Russia doubles its production of liquified natural gas from the Arctic as a second plant in the Yamal LNG is launched this week. This is only the start, says company Novatek.
August 10, 2018

Russian border guards detain more migrants seeking Arctic route

Pressure on the northern Schengen-border intensifies as several groups of migrants are detained in Russian Arctic borderlands.
August 09, 2018

The end is near, says political prisoner Oleg Sentsov

The Ukrainian film director is on hunger strike for 88 days in the remote Russian Arctic prison of Labytnangi.
August 09, 2018

Seismic vessels push Arctic limits

Russian geological research ships are soon on their way to the Laptev Sea.
August 08, 2018

Navy gives way to oilmen in Murmansk shipyard

State oil company Rosneft says it intends to build two major dry-docks for Arctic oil platforms in Shipyard No 82 in Roslyakovo.
August 07, 2018

Development of new seaport starts in Novaya Zemlya

It will be owned by nuclear power company Rosatom and serve the northernmost mine in the world.
August 06, 2018

To the memory of the submarine commanders who fired nuclear torpedoes at Novaya Zemlya

It was early morning 10th October 1957 when Captain Georgy Lazarev slowly sailed his «S-144» submarine into the quiet waters of the Chernaya Guba to conduct the first ever launch of a nuclear torpedo. More than 60 years later, his devastating blast is honoured with a monument on site.
August 03, 2018

Well drilling starts in shallow waters of Ob Bay

Natural gas company Novatek has spud its first ever offshore Arctic well on the spot where it intends to develop its third Arctic LNG project.
July 31, 2018

On North Pole, a manifestation of Pan-Slavic pilgrimage

It is a sign of our joint spirituality and patriotism, members of a Russian expedition say as they set out on a tour from the North Pole to Montenegro.
July 30, 2018

A convoy is breaking its way through Russian east Arctic waters

Among the ships involved in this year’s first west-bound voyage across the Northern Sea Route is LNG carrier «Clean Planet», which is on its maiden trip to the Arctic terminal of Sabetta.
July 26, 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
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