Pipes are built over bulging and unstable Arctic pingos prone to violent eruptions caused by 'thawing methane gas', as seen twice on the Yamal peninsula this year.
In a remote ice cave in Siberia, three legendary white-bearded figures hold an unexpected conclave.
As American beef disappears, venison can take a bigger slice of the market.
Plane schedules disrupted, residents warned to stay indoors, sailors had to use GPS to get back to land because of thick smoke fumes from raging forest fires.
Svetlana Evai ate unripe berries for 15 days after getting lost in tundra with family fearing she had been attacked by brown bear.
A deal would be the biggest Chinese equity participation in onshore oil in Russia.
Macabre remains of six slaughtered polar bears, 'beheaded with their skins removed', now under criminal investigation.
Flights late on Thursday and on Friday suffered disruption due to smog caused by blazes in dry woodland made vulnerable by the current heat wave.
Almost 1,300 bones of 13 species of mammals unearthed at new site on Gydan peninsula aged between 10,000 and 50,000 years old.
Dissecting them like surgical abscesses to release the gas seen as one solution to avoid future eruptions.