What I wasn't expecting was just how beautiful everything looked under the sparkling white blanket of snow.
A new image of a Yeti - or Bigfoot - lurking behind trees is the 'clearest evidence' so far of the creature's existence.
The giant frozen spear hanging off a roof had been highlighted by TV journalists a day earlier.
Described as 'wonders of nature', explore two of the most fascinating places on earth where the warm sand dunes meet the icy steppe.
After 1,907 kilometre odyssey, crossbreed is back home to his day job keeping polar bears at bay in remote weather station.
Cases of mother bears successfully raising 'twins' in captivity are extremely rare.
On 10 February, eight travellers set out on a two month odyssey covering 4,000 km through some of the world's most inhospitable terrain.
The new energy source in the remote settlement of Yailyu is powered by the sun, of which Siberia has plenty - summer and winter.