Atle Staalesen

Navy flotilla embarks on Novaya Zemlya

Russia’s Northern Fleet continues its comprehensive Arctic voyage with a string of exercises on the closed and militarized archipelago of Novaya Zemlya.
September 07, 2017

This is where Norway and Russia continue cooperation over Arctic oil

State companies Statoil and Rosneft set up a joint venture for the development of the Severo-Komsomolskoye field in the far northern Yamal-Nenets region.
September 07, 2017

Researchers gather on north Norwegian coast to build new radar system

The €75.5 million new EISCAT_3D research station in Skibotn, northern Norway, will help strengthen understanding of the atmosphere. And the northern lights.
September 06, 2017

The Northern Sea Route is completely ice-free and shipping thrives

As Russian Arctic ice shrinks to this year’s lowest, a big number of ships are moving in.
September 06, 2017

Ten million tons of Arctic oil through Murmansk terminal tanker

Oil from two of Russia’s biggest Arctic fields keeps flowing through the «Umba».
September 05, 2017

With growing Arctic tourism comes more comfortable visits to Franz Josef Land

The abandoned polar station at the Hooker Island will be turned into a facility for visiting tourists.
September 05, 2017

«You are the future elite of the Russian Navy»

Only half a year after construction started, Russian Head Navy Commander Vladimir Korolyov greeted the first students at the new Nakhimov naval school in Murmansk.
September 04, 2017

Little cash for Russia’s new Arctic development program

Ambitions are sky-high, but much hinges on private investments.
August 31, 2017

Northern Fleet’s new icebreaker soon heading north

The «Ilya Muromets» will set course towards Russia’s northern Navy base of Severomorsk in the course of fall.
August 31, 2017

Shipload of frozen fish sails Northern Sea Route from Vladivostok to Arkhangelsk

You might think that there is more than enough fish in the northern waters near Arkhangelsk. However, this time the fish delivery came from afar.
August 31, 2017

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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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