Marooned men went for up to 3 weeks without food on island in Laptev Sea in temperatures of minus 15C.
A helicopter carrying ammonite - used to break ice - crashed in Irkutsk region after 'exploding in mid air'.
Lucky escape due to chance sighting by helicopter after snowmobiles broke miles into the snowy nowhere.
Divers brave minus 45C to place a 'New Year Tree' beneath the ice on bed of the mighty Lena River.
Father missing under snow; more than 200 people continue search and rescue at -23C, snowstorm and bleak light of polar night.
Last minute rescue bid to prevent Russia's second largest airline going bankrupt.
Air France Boeing 777 with 282 on board suffered technical failure, then the rescue aircraft sent from Paris was also grounded.
The fishermen were found drifting on an ice floe in the area bigger than Switzerland.
The Russian president tells the Security Council this is a key priority for 'clear and principled decisions'.
The Russian president tells the Security Council this is a key priority for 'clear and principled decisions'.