Atle Staalesen

Hundred years old tall ship "Sedov" embarks on historic Arctic voyage

The ship will be the first of its kind that sails across the Northern Sea Route
August 10, 2020

Miners drill in Novaya Zemlya, prepare for opening of new pit

About 100 workers are drilling 45 exploration wells in the remote Arctic Pavlovsky license area.
August 07, 2020

Washington pulls 700 US Marines out of Norway

Norwegian troops will have to fill the gaps as the powerful American force slashes its presence in the country.
August 06, 2020

Arctic LNG tanker sails to Kola Peninsula to test new reloading point

Natural gas company Novatek planned to start up ship-to-ship reloading of liquified natural gas by the Kildin island in late 2019. More than half a year later, a tanker for the first time tests moorage facilities on site.
August 05, 2020

A container from China arrives in Narvik. It could pave way for a new transport route

It is quick and cheap and will open new markets, route developers say. This week, a first test container makes its way from China to the north Norwegian port of Narvik.
August 05, 2020

Russia has several thousand nuclear objects dumped on its Arctic sea floor. Now, the most dangerous will be removed

The country's nuclear energy company will over the next 8 years lift two submarines and four reactor compartments from the sea bottom of the Barents and Kara Seas.
August 04, 2020

Ships moving in as Arctic sea ice level reaches record low

The Northern Sea Route is now completely open.
July 27, 2020

When the tourists disappeared, the adventure company opened a bar on the border to Russia

COVID-19 has seriously struck their business, but the tourism developers of the Barents Safari are finding new ways to intrigue visitors. This summer they opened the Boris Gleb Bar on Norway's border to Russia.
July 24, 2020

Kremlin-critic soldier Ruslan Shaveddinov tells his story about military service in Novaya Zemlya

The anti-corruption fighter and member of Aleksey Navalny's opposition movement says Russian authorities deliberately send young regime critics to harsh military service in the remotest parts of the country.
July 22, 2020

Russia starts construction of two more nuclear-powered super-subs

The Yasen-M class vessels are the most expensive and technically advanced in the Russian Navy.
July 21, 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