Russian officials refused to allow the vessel to enter the Northern Sea Route which Greenpeace dubbed 'a thinly veiled attempt to stifle peaceful protest'.

Puppy cuddled her, helping to keep her alive when she got lost in the Siberian taiga for 11 days and nights.

New shipping link symbolises developing Arctic economy which can avoid eco-damage, says Putin.

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

The world famous traveller made call ahead of his latest epic adventure by dog sled to Greeland via the North Pole.

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

Dating back 40,000 years to the Denisovan species of early humans, new pictures show beauty and craftsmanship of prehistoric jewellery.