Bering Strait

The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.

Eye-catching numbers have emerged on the expected trade boom from the Arctic route to Europe for Chinese business. 

Norman Surplus, 49, is refusing to give up, 15 months after being denied access to Russian airspace to complete is round the world adventure.

Siberian goggles among the world’s earliest eyewear to prevent winter blindness from the sun’s piercing reflection.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

Going by train all the way from Beijing (or even London) to New York could become a reality.

Three year wait for permission which never came. 

99 year old sailing ship successfully passes the most challenging part of its Arctic odyssey…. and there is NO ice.

DNA research of Native Siberians and Native Americans revealed by Science and Nature journals.