Low temperatures are a time for fun in -50C and below - riding bikes, ice swimming or eating frozen noodles.
Drone footage shows army of surfers paddling a chunk of ice in Ussuri Bay.
Sixteen runners braved extreme temperatures at the Pole of Cold.
Scientists find how the animals produce ethanol in winter as an anti-freeze giving them the survival spirit.
Cats and dogs are left at the mercy of extremely cold weather reaching -50C with no proper animal winter shelter in Yakutsk.
20 participants pedalled through icy mist and snow in Russia's permafrost capital.
Oleg Rezanov says he was in ‘trance’ and unable to breathe but walked away - shaking - in -32C Yakutsk cold.
Fast-freezing clothes, hot water fireworks, ice and snow bathing, vodka lollipops, dog sledging - see our report from the Kingdom of Cold.