Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.

Journalists test Chinese Geely on epic 10,000km journey from Belarus and find it performs well in the harsh climate - even if they did have to wear ski clothes.

But then Siberia also has no less than SEVEN real Santa figures, and you can meet them all here.

Expert says deadly gas released from melting permafrost region will lead to 'awful' consequences for global warming.

From frost-resistant woolly pigs to sheep that look like goats and horses that love playing the snow, there are lots of surprises across the taiga.

Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists. 

Emergency services refuse to comment cause of extraordinary blast in the dark sky.

Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.