Atle Staalesen

New grand icebreaking vessel to explore hyped Arctic seaway

Nuclear power company Rosatom requests 7.1 billion rubles of federal funds for the construction of a top ice-class survey vessel for the Northern Sea Route.
January 05, 2021

What is happening with Arctic weather? Moscow wants to know

The Russian government decides to upgrade 123 meteorological stations in the Arctic.
January 04, 2021

Big facelift for closed military towns in Kola Peninsula

Almost 80 billion rubles will be spent on upgrades of social infrastructure in 12 regional towns and settlements.
December 30, 2020

The Kremlin moves against independent journalists — thousands could end up as "foreign agents"

The first five individuals were this week put on the list of Foreign Media Agents. Many more could soon follow.
December 30, 2020

After record heat comes extreme cold to Russian Arctic coast

The year is coming to a close with temperatures down to minus 50 °C in parts of northern Siberia.
December 29, 2020

Big waves after local inhabitant complains to Putin about poor healthcare in home town of Arctic Brigade

A man from Alakurtti, Kola Peninsula, complained to the President about the dire state of local healthcare. He soon came to regret his criticism.
December 23, 2020

Shipping on Northern Sea Route breaks record

More than 32 million tons of goods has been shipped on the Russian Arctic route in 2020.
December 22, 2020

War heroes and patriotism come to Russian Arctic shelf

Igor Sechin and his Rosneft oil company gives new Arctic discoveries names after Soviet war commanders.
December 22, 2020

Russian Arctic research in high spirits as yard sets the "North Pole" afloat

The unique vessel is to make its maiden voyage into icy waters in the course of Russia's chairmanship period in the Arctic Council.
December 21, 2020

Dramatic situation as military freight ship gets stuck in Arctic ice

The Sparta-III might not have obtained needed permissions before sailing into the icy Yenisey River.
December 18, 2020

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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