Yamal

Blocks of soil and ice thrown hundreds of metres from epicentre of the funnel at the Yamal peninsula.

Scientists rush to site of latest tundra eruption - which formed a crater 50 metres deep - amid fears for homes and key industrial sites.

Animals cannot forage for lichen under the snow crust on the Yamal peninsula.

A ceremony was held to begin work at Sabetta port which will be used to export liquefied natural gas. 

Up to 300,000 people a year expected to pass through Sabetta International as region gears up to become a gas powerhouse.

Scientific expedition on way to retrieve remains of Ice Age giant.

Accident involving drilling works sparks massive blaze but thankfully no injuries.

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

Dissecting them like surgical abscesses to release the gas seen as one solution to avoid future eruptions.