Running water is one of the most soothing and relaxing sounds known to man, but here it signals the rapid thawing of ground frozen for thousands of years.

We join photographer Kisoon Choi on a journey of discovery across Yakutia and the Far East and celebrate the unique landscapes, cities and peoples.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

It almost looks like a lawn mower being pushed across a frozen river. What's going on?

Almost 3 million hectares on fire, including Arctic, with fumes having hit area larger than European Union.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

Our map shows the attacks by bears on humans across a swathe of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Boris Fyodorov, 37, complains it was 'too warm', and now wants to try in minus 60C.