Atle Staalesen

Norway reopening

The Nordic country is on the way towards normality after almost two months of lockdown.
May 08, 2020

Tycoon in Arctic coal, oil and gas is found dead in Moscow mansion

Dmitry Bosov intended to extract several hundred million tons of coal from the most vulnerable Arctic tundra lands and build a huge LNG terminal on the coast of the Barents Sea.
May 07, 2020

Race against time and the coronavirus in Novatek's Arctic projects

Thousands are infected but the company still forges ahead with construction of the industrial plants and facilities that will play crucial roles in Russian Arctic development.
May 07, 2020

With big spray of disinfectants, Armed Forces fight sneaking new enemy

As the number of Russian soldiers infected with the coronavirus increases rapidly, the Northern Fleet showers its bases in the Kola Peninsula with disinfecting materials.
May 05, 2020

There are now almost 2,000 virus-infected workers on this Russian Arctic construction site

A big cruise vessel has anchored up along the banks of the Kola Bay as the number of infected workers in Novatek's Belokamenka project continues to grow.
May 05, 2020

Growing discontent among workers as health conditions deteriorate in remote Arctic construction sites

A strike in a Gazprom-managed field in Siberia sparks fear for similar workers' discontent in grand projects across the Arctic.
April 30, 2020

Russia prolongs closure of border for indefinite period

Cross-border traveling will not resume any time soon.
April 30, 2020

After 4 years of upgrades, Northern Fleet research vessel "Romuald Muklevich" is ready to explore the Arctic sea bed

It is now considered as one of the best equipped research and survey ships in the Russian Navy.
April 29, 2020

Northernmost Arctic airfield now operational all-year, says Russian Military

As a big transport plane Il-76 lands on the Nagurskoye base in Franz Josef Land, the Northern Fleet announces that the remote airfield now can be applied through the whole year.
April 28, 2020

Coronavirus spreads across Russian Arctic tundra, threatens thousands of oilmen

Commuter workers at remote oil and gas fields have brought infection to outposts in the vast Russian North. In the Yamal Peninsula, regional health authorities now close down the Sabetta airport, natural gas company Novatek's main lifeline to the Yamal LNG project.
April 28, 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