This and 10 other silly questions answered by the Arctic explorer Alexander Oboimov.

Survivor from helicopter disaster 'used stars and moon' to direct rescuers to crash site: he was only of 3 survivors out of 22 on board.

Colin Madsen, 25, enjoyed night-walking in Siberia but never came back after going out on Sunday.

He ekes out a living in the remote village of Dubinka, population 15. 

Siberia isn’t simply a land full of bears, spies and nuclear reactors... it is also now my duty to help my fellow Siberians understand my home country.

International research team publish a detailed study into two cave lion cubs found in Yakutia

A daily bucket of icy water poured over the head 'helps block winter illnesses, and makes children optimistic'.

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