Three Russian nuclear powered icebreakers are leading a huge gas tanker through the Arctic waters on the roof of Siberia.
Pet Druzhok was evacuated but swam back to stand on the doorstep of his waterlogged house, holding back the tide.
Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.
More flooding misery due to burst dam as experts say the cause is global warming.
Gas bubbles from waters filling crater hole on Yamal peninsula two months after volcanic-style explosion in thawing permafrost.
Flooding now covers an area almost as large as France, Germany and Britain combined, or close to the equivalent of Texas and California.
Spaso-Zashiverskaya has survived wars, permafrost, and a smallpox outbreak that wiped out its congregation.
Altai floodwater could be sent to parched Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, says Russian agriculture minister.
Bikini-clad woman flies in by private helicopter to top up her tan - but now pilot is in trouble.
'If we die, I love you,' says one bather struck by bullet-like giant hail stones.