Bering island
Vera Timoshenko, 93, died on her native Bering island off the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Pacific.
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.
The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.
New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.
DNA research of Native Siberians and Native Americans revealed by Science and Nature journals.
Three year wait for permission which never came.
Eye-catching numbers have emerged on the expected trade boom from the Arctic route to Europe for Chinese business.
This and 10 other silly questions answered by the Arctic explorer Alexander Oboimov.
Sent to Siberia
Born in Siberia
