From 'fireworks' made from nothing more than hot water in minus 50C, to surfing in the Pacific, this is the New Year on our doorstep.
His whiskers were caked in frost after he had sheltered for warmth under a car in the Urals city of Zlatoust - video.
Rescue effort underway to provide emergency feeding sites for the helpless animals, with the wild boar population also in trouble.
The pensioner, 81, died on the spot.
Daring video from kids in Russia’s coldest region urges actor to take the ice bucket challenge to show all is well with Siberian weather.
These extraordinary pictures give graphic new evidence of climate change.
Greenpeace concern as firefighters say they cannot extinguish 3 year blaze with smoke visible from space.
Locals undress to impress at resorts across four time zones.
Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.