A new air link between Alaska and the Russian Far East is opening up a new world of adventure tourism to US visitors.
Ideas are clearly needed for more effective ways of countering the annual wildfire scourge, as the trend remains towards drier and hotter summers.
Aware of accounts of mysterious relic reptiles lurking in the deep, here are the first pictures from a record breaking dive.
A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.
'Turn to the East', which started a year ago, is gaining popularity