Salekhard

A nenets granny walks into the mobile shop, where I'm getting a local sim, puts a wrinkled hand on the counter and says ‘I need an iPhone'.

Russian president's flight to Salekhard delayed after airport closed by freezing rain.

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.

Threat to Salekhard and Anadyr could come even sooner - by the mid-2020s - as thaw of frozen ground is forecast to have 'devastating' impact.

New find at Zeleny Yar necropolis, which shows links to Persia, to be examined within weeks. 

Haunting images of this Railway to Nowhere, built by Gulag convicts in the cruellest of conditions on the cusp of the Arctic Circle.

Even Russia's Health Minister is on antibiotics after visiting victims of the deadly infection as numbers of infected rise.

Around 400 delegates are expected including representatives of 41 ethnic minorities representing around a quarter of a million people. 

Parts of massive skull were also found in silt of Yamal peninsula’s lake, but sadly there was no brain nor tusks.