Clocks change for the final time, except in Kemerovo, Kamchatka and Chukotka. Confused?

To the outside world, the resort of Sheregesh is as well known for Yeti as skiing or snowboarding.

The 'capital of Siberia' this week hosts the World Snow Forum 2013 dedicated to improving modern life for people living in the harshest winter conditions.

Now the fun begins: tourists swimming in -60C and momentous meeting between the seasonal icons Chyskhaan and Grandfather Frost.

Russian athletes will perform at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea under a white flag, following controversial IOC ruling.

Bird flies 500 km off course and tries to make its winter home at impossibly cold lake mountain before firefighters come to the rescue.

Driving over the ice on Siberia's lakes and rivers is safe in deep winter - but in April?

Spectacular whiteout scenes of winter life in the Arctic city of Norilsk.