The Arctic Centre
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 Arctic was at the centre of world's attention in recent years, with the Nordic countries now on a steady, but a serious race for dominance in the region.
A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.
The 76-metre (246 ft) high cascade is also called ‘The Bride’ for its distinctive female shape.
Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.
Warning of methane blasts in Kara Sea adjacent to Yamal craters caused by gas eruptions associated with melting permafrost due to global warming.
Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.
High levels of ‘fire ice’ trapped in permafrost may turn Russia into a global leader of new gas sources.
Sent to Siberia
Born in Siberia
