Rescuers vow to find helicopter that vanished in strong winds on 10 October.
Whisky proves popular in the land of vodka.
Emergency services received calls from worried residents concerned that doomsday had arrived.
Survivor from helicopter disaster 'used stars and moon' to direct rescuers to crash site: he was only of 3 survivors out of 22 on board.
Blast-off was 'successful' but first planned communication session 'failed' and craft did not reach 'target orbit'.
An accident involved 17 miners some 365 metres beneath the surface at Alrosa's Udachninskiy ore-dressing plant 14 km south of the Arctic Circle.
Pyramid is literally frozen in time, captured on camera by Vladimir Prokofiev.
Klyuchevskaya Sopka's crater fills with lava amid new volcanic activity.
Magnificent STS Sedov easily passes three Arctic seas exactly 142 years after the famous Vega Expedition was stuck in pack ice for 11 months.