Desert-like landscapes replaced full-flowing water deep enough for heavy cargo ships.

Hopes for significant rise of Chinese visitors and special fares between April and October to encourage young Russians to travel to Baikal.

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

Her fun blog from 'cool and exciting' Yakutsk has tips on making the most of the extreme cold.

Giant airships seen as ideal way to transport heavy lifting equipment to remote mining locations.

Sardana Avksentyeva swept to power as mayor of Russia’s diamond capital in September.

Kissing and hugging to survive, hallucinations, fearing their 4 children would be orphans, giving up, cuddling in the Arctic snow to die...then a miracle.

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

Nicknamed Forrest Gump, he completes a 9,905 kilometre odyssey braving temperatures as low as minus 48C on his 18 month adventure.