Four children among those in intensive care, as locals undergo mass evacuation and quarantining, while reindeer herd decimated.

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.

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

More craters expected to form due to such eruptions as permafrost melts - and they ARE caused by global warming releasing methane gas.

Gas bubbles from waters filling crater hole on Yamal peninsula two months after volcanic-style explosion in thawing permafrost.

Staff and passengers at Nyagan airport in fear of bear patrolling the runway and trying to break into terminal.

People feel better about themselves and their lives, defying the international stereotype of Siberia.

Seasonal greetings to all parts of the world marking Christmas Day on 25 December, even though we have to wait a little longer!

Scientists say a 'fountain of gas' poured from jelly-like trembling earth in tundra on Belyy Island in northern Siberia.

The freeze is so deep that horses - and even Rudolph - is brought indoors to warm up.