Atle Staalesen

Virus outbreak troubles delivery to Arctic bases

Supplies are running short, but the researchers working in Russia's many remote Arctic meteorological bases will have to wait as a coronavirus outbreak complicates deliveries.
June 26, 2020

Investor breathes new life in major Arctic coal project

Roman Trotsenko is the new owner of the coal extraction licenses in the far northern Taymyr Peninsula.
June 25, 2020

Norwegian defense leader attends military parade in Murmansk

Head of Norway's Joint Operative Headquarters Rune Jakobsen leads the delegation that on the 24th June attends war victory celebrations in the north Russian city.
June 24, 2020

The city that builds Russia's nuclear submarines now has more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases

The two construction yards in Severodvinsk are hotbeds for the coronavirus in northern Russia.
June 23, 2020

Putin's grand plan for Arctic shipping might wreck in Barents Sea

Government turns down a proposed territorial extension of the Northern Sea Route. The President's ambitious target for Arctic shipping is unlikely to be reached unless the Barents Sea is included, route developers argue.
June 23, 2020

Train traffic resumes as Murmansk reconnects with grid

Almost 6 km of new railroad was constructed in only 18 days in order to overcome the acute logistics crisis in the Arctic region.
June 22, 2020

Mass vaccination is underway on Yamal tundra

About 550,000 reindeer are to be made immune against anthrax.
June 18, 2020

More than 100 million cubic meters of sea bottom is removed from this Arctic bay to make way for grand natural gas project

Researchers believe Novatek's dredging in the Gulf of Ob might ruin local ecosystems and eliminate fish stocks.
June 17, 2020

After infection of more than 2,000 workers, situation comes under control at Belokamenka construction site

Meanwhile, other nearby towns are experiencing outbreaks of the COVID-19.
June 16, 2020

Moscow aims at post-COVID 200% boost in Arctic tourism

Authors of Russia's new Arctic Tourism Strategy are confident that traveling to the top of the world will soon set new records.
June 15, 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
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