The result? He has avoided flu for two years, and works harder with renewed energy.

As the winter cold settles in, this is a sight to warm you up (strictly 18+).

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

Winter studies for pupils in Oymyakon, the Pole of Cold stop only when air temperature drops below -56C.

Master blacksmith reveals how modern knives are closely related to those excavated from ancient archeological sites.

100-year-old woman among the hundreds who party the night away on the banks of a Yakutia river as temperatures fall to -43C.

In a remote ice cave in Siberia, three legendary white-bearded figures hold an unexpected conclave.

The Japanese government is to provide financial assistance for a joint helium-production project, says newspaper The Daily Yomiuri.