Unearthed on the edge of the Arctic, she is the only woman so far found in an otherwise all-male necropolis, buried in a cocoon of copper and fur.

Bulging bumps in the Yamal and Gydan peninsulas believed to be caused by thawing permafrost releasing methane.

Norilsk is home to the world biggest mining and metallurgy complex, and is shut off from the world in more ways than one. 

Pyramid is literally frozen in time, captured on camera by Vladimir Prokofiev.

Murky underwater videos suggest wreckage of Eira is finally rediscovered off Cape Flora on Franz Josef Land archipelago, where it sank in 1881.

Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species.