Forget worn-out tourist destinations. Come to magnificent Lake Baikal, and meet its Tsarina!
The Kingdom of Cold: 14 reasons to choose majestic Yakutia for your next holiday
Kolyma: no barbed wire in sight
Expedition to the world’s biggest permafrost ‘crater’ in Yakutia seeks secret of taming antimicrobial resistance.
Vitaly Denisyuk, 37, was first to realise help was needed by frightened people at upstairs windows.
Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.
The skill of ivory softening was used more than 12,000 years ago to make tools - or decorations - that still puzzle modern science.
Fur or other natural fabric garments protect Oymyakon cattle from getting frostbitten at -50C.