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Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times

Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Archeologists find 1,500 years old mummy in Mongolia

Who was the 'phantom girl' in these 110-year-old photographs?

Siberian falcons spared 'massacre' this year in Indian bird 'gulag'

Experiment to grow narcotic-free cannabis in Siberia ends in a puff of smoke

Expectant mothers face unexpected surprise as brown bear checks out a maternity hospital

The seals are the mermaids' dogs, didn't you know?

Getting all shirty about Siberia

The biggest cat in the world

Russia's greatest dog sled race 'Beringia-2013' is won by a local from Kamchatka in record time

Give me a train ticket! A bear on the rampage at remote railway station

Small is beautiful - a unique gift from Siberia

And they're off...on the legendary Beringia Sled Dog Race: only 970km to go!

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Five year old girl rescued from a sewage well after eight hours at -20C on the island of Sakhalin

Hundreds of volunteers joined police and turned every stone to find scared and frostbitten Yana.

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Six zoo staff play foster parents to polar bear cubs whose mother rejected them

Only a handful of such cubs worldwide have been successfully nurtured in captivity.

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Russia’s most popular mayor in charge of country’s diamond capital resigns over ‘health issues’

Sardana Avksentyeva, 51, is known across the world as The Iron Lady of Siberia.

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Features

Prehistoric people developed a technique for making a playdough-like material from mammoth ivory

The skill of ivory softening was used more than 12,000 years ago to make tools - or decorations - that still puzzle modern science.

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Cows in the world’s coldest inhabited place have to wear mouton bras for outdoor walks

Fur or other natural fabric garments protect Oymyakon cattle from getting frostbitten at -50C.

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Beauty of frozen methane bubbles on the world’s deepest lake shown in stunning video

Irkutsk photographer captures multi-layered columns of bubbles through crystal clear ice.

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Sent to Siberia

Rookie FSB agents are punished for 'indecent' graduation jinx in Moscow
Gelandewagen parade videos leads to 'career change' as Russia demands highest standards from secret servicemen.

Born in Siberia

Up-close laboratory pictures of ancient mummy as scientists recreate his life and times
Probes taken by South Korean experts will reveal lifestyle of this Arctic boy from 800 years ago.

Voice of Siberia

Siberians mark end of the snow season with swimsuit skiing day
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.

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Lake Baikal 'holds key to new advances in antibiotics'
Scientists make crucial new discoveries of bacteria, up to 30 million years old.

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