Group of tourists got stuck at 2,300m after helicopter blades froze.

Siberian expedition to find English steamboat 'The Thames' led by pioneering British mariner that sank in 1876.

Ten fishermen were plucked to safety after their vessel - Chance-101 - sank 31 miles east of  Svetlaya village, in Primorye region in the Russian Far East.

Five belugas were stranded on the same beach by the Sea of Okhotsk within less than a week.

The Russian-registered vessel sent out Mayday signals on Sunday morning sparking a huge search and rescue operation in stormy weather conditions.

Vessel Stepan Arzhakov ran aground in Lena River after being washed ashore due to strong early morning crosswinds.

Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund are expressing grave concern at the risk of contamination in the Pechora Sea.

Relatives of the sailors lost almost six weeks ago on a gold-ore carrying freighter are begging the authorities to keep hunting for the crew.

Unraveling the truth about a mysterious maritime disaster off the Kuril Islands in which at least 16 are feared dead.