What do you do if you have no option but to get married in the harsh and cold Russian winters? We find out…
Divers brave minus 45C to place a 'New Year Tree' beneath the ice on bed of the mighty Lena River.
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.
Fur or other natural fabric garments protect Oymyakon cattle from getting frostbitten at -50C.
The freeze is so deep that horses - and even Rudolph - is brought indoors to warm up.
He confessed that he and a friend cannibalised another member of their group who died in the extreme cold, say investigators.
Local photographer captures pillars of smoke rising above the underground peat fire.
New 'plug-in' cars coping well with harsh climate and landscape and were even recharged overnight in remote taiga at -33C.