Its residents will live in a vast man-made 'igloo' to protect them from polar temperatures and some of the most biting winds on the planet.
Map of shame: Greenpeace highlights junk and debris in dozens of sites across the 'pristine' environment.
Unknown remains of a large creature have been found in Lake Labynkyr, say the first divers to ever reach its floor.
Across the Russian polar regions, these eye-catching pictures show how thawing soil leads to territories being washed away.
As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.
Western countries will send some of their most hardened criminals to serve sentences in special prisons in deepest Siberia.
Puppy cuddled her, helping to keep her alive when she got lost in the Siberian taiga for 11 days and nights.