Polar Urals

Adventurous Alyona plans to dance and play football on the roof of the world after beating competition to join polar team.

First findings from joint UK-Russian project funded by Abu-Dhabi give positive news on future for the rare bird of prey.

Secret KGB documents and a book by ex-FSB colonel kickstart 100 year old search for missing Romanov treasures and valuables.

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.

The find, as old as Christ, is the latest treasure from the sacred and mysterious site of Ust-Polui in Salekhard, say experts.

Monument to Kate Marsden unveiled in Sosnovka village 123 years after she set out on her epic work.

Worried about the rapid destruction of permafrost from global warming? Here's how you can counter it by restoring the woolly mammoth habitat.

Haunting images of this Railway to Nowhere, built by Gulag convicts in the cruellest of conditions on the cusp of the Arctic Circle.