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'Lake Baikal, where the ice queen cast her spell'

Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

Brown bear filmed crossing 3km wide Avacha Bay in the Pacific Ocean

The unusual swimmer stunned fishermen who said they never saw bears venturing so far out to sea.

Stunning pictures of the world’s only uniquely preserved cave lion cubs as new secrets revealed

Boy, 11 wins fight against school ban on tying hair like Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Guards with batons block entry to Siberia’s Maldives, a toxic lake resembling tropical paradise

Terror as Lord of the Rings children’s summer camp goes up in flames: girl dies, 3 gravely hurt

Siberia’s amazing new railway - the ‘Permafrost Express’ - opens to passengers this month

New tests underway on Mona Lisa of geo-archeology - a bone that proves man hunted woolly mammoth

Scientists take samples in bid to clone extinct foal as first step to restoring woolly mammoth

Investment sought for $5.9 million cloning centre to bring back mammoths and other extinct species

Rare Siberian tiger poisoned in Thailand then skin sold on black market for $600

River turns alarming ‘blood red’ colour, but experts don’t know why

Polar bear struggles with best selfie look on remote Wrangel Island

Tokyo to London by train? Ambitious new plan links Trans-Siberian to Japan

Starch success for Siberian scientists in Thailand

Russian Far East can become Thailand's gateway to markets of north China

Team UDI through to semi-final of Britain's Got Talent

Director of Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre fired in religious backlash

Court throws out claims Novosibirsk opera offended Orthodox believers

Chocks away! Siberia’s unusual airborne world record attempt

Foreign visitor to Siberia takes part in coldest ever Ice Bucket Challenge

Born in royal capital St Petersburg under the last tsar, Alexander Kaptarenko dies aged 102

No fun on Siberia's pistes? Check out this film!

Siberia warmed up by New York, say US scientists

No winter can break our spirit - or we are not Siberians!

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2,300 year old wooden house is rebuilt, and it fits together down to the last centimetre

Timber from potentate’s log cabin was superbly persevered in permafrost, allowing us to see how ancient man lived.

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Siberian puppy frozen in permafrost for 14,300 years gives scientists major RNA breakthrough

Never before has RNA - Ribonucleic acid - sequencing been carried out from so far back in time.

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Pure waters of Lake Baikal in danger from 6.5 million tons of toxic waste

Immediate public audit of a high risk waste storage in Russia is urged.

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Revealed: the sophisticated techniques of ancient artists who created these fantastical images

Scientists unlock intriguing 5,000-year-old secrets of prehistoric illustrators behind Karakol stunning artwork.

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Ryzhik the Siberian cat who refuses to be defeated by frostbite

The pet lost all four paws in January in -40C cold in Tomsk, but video shows him walking again with artificial titanium limbs.

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The Birdman of Siberia: sensational finds in the heart of Russia puzzle scientists

5,000 years old graves reveal shamans in bird beak ‘collar’ and bronze ‘spectacles’.

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