Atle Staalesen

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

Russia’s security strongmen gather on remotest Arctic coast to talk international cooperation

Peace and stability, environment and cooperation over Arctic oil and gas resources were key issues as Russian security boss Nikolay Patrushev invited guests from abroad to Sabetta.
August 31, 2017

Statoil’s drilling failed, but local leaders still believe steadfast in Arctic oil

«It is like a football match; you do not always strike a goal in the first attack», says Mayor of Barents town Vardø.
August 29, 2017

Disappointment for Statoil in most important Arctic well

The Norwegian oil company had great expectations to its northernmost ever well. But the Korpfjell turned out to be a major blow.
August 29, 2017

Arctic platform Prirazlomnaya opens new wells, boosts production

Russia’s only offshore Arctic oil platform in first half of 2016 produced 1,6 million tons of oil, a year-on-year increase of 79 percent.
August 24, 2017

Amid fears for local environment, UNESCO makes first ever mission to Russia’s remote Arctic island of Wrangel

Expanding oil industry and military activities could harm the UNESCO-protected island, experts say.
August 24, 2017

Taking the pulse on life in the Barents Sea

Norwegian and Russian researchers launch the most comprehensive ecosystem mapping of the two countries’ joint Arctic waters.
August 23, 2017

Tanker breaks its own way through the ice, sets speed record on Northern Sea Route

Loaded with Norwegian gas, Russia’s new LNG carrier «Christophe de Margerie» makes it across the Arctic shipping route in 6,5 days.
August 23, 2017

More French oilmen needed on Russian Arctic coast

Company Total likely to play crucial role in Arctic LNG-2, the grand project planned on the remote Arctic coast of Gydan.
August 23, 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
@atlestaalesen