To the outside world, the resort of Sheregesh is as well known for Yeti as skiing or snowboarding.

Eight seamen from the sunken Amuerskaya freighter remain missing from the gold carrying freighter which sank in a storm in late October.

Tomsk mountaineers had radioed for help but rescuers failed to reach them in time.

Aged 71, she shuns civilisation and accepts a helicopter ride back to her home in remote Siberia, without a gun to protect her from bears.

Average temperatures in the north of the Kara and Barents seas were 4C to 5C higher than previous years.

It takes truly extreme cold for Yakutian students to miss out on their classes: but the big freeze has arrived (except in Chersky).

The freighter Amurskaya disappeared in stormy weather on Sunday after sending Mayday signals which were picked up by coastguards.

Farmers say war machines are quicker, more fuel efficient, and easier to use on their 400 hectares of land than tractors.

Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.

Avelina Antsiferova fulfilled her life's dream when she sat in cockpit of wartime Douglas C-47, 69 years after kissing her papa goodbye for last time.