Atle Staalesen

Exploring the oil potential of Franz Josef Land

Rosneft completes 5000 km of 2D seismic mapping near the Arctic archipelago.
July 21, 2016

Take a peek at Hurtigruten’s new polar vessels

Rolls Royce designs the new generation of Arctic cruise ships.
July 21, 2016

Animals crowd in world No 1 reindeer region

Number of reindeer on Nenets tundra up by more than 270,000 in 15 years
July 21, 2016

No pause in Arctic exploration - Igor Sechin

Now Rosneft starts seismic mapping of the Yuzhno-Russky field in the Pechora Sea.
July 18, 2016

New Arctic military bases soon manned and equipped

The construction of the objects are entering a final stage, a source in the Ministry of Defense confirms.
July 11, 2016

Successful Norwegian businessman expelled from Russia

Atle Berge's Ølen Betong is one of the longest-living and most prosperous Norwegian companies in Murmansk.
July 09, 2016

Ministry of Defense takes charge of Arctic shipping

Company Oboronlogistika gets status as united logistics operator for Russian Arctic shipments.
July 07, 2016

Hurtigruten launches new vessel, made for Arctic tourism

The «Spitsbergen» is among the company’s smallest. It will ship along the Norwegian coast in wintertime and bring tourists to the Arctic in summer.
July 07, 2016

Change comes to Vaigach

Environmentalists want the remote Arctic island to become national park.
July 06, 2016

On the borderline, the emergence of the Barents Center

Local authorities give thumbs up for the construction of a major building complex on the border between Sweden and Finland.
July 06, 2016

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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