In case of any doubts, we mean the twitching variety, which are now back to Siberia, resting before their next extraordinary journey. 

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

A Copenhagen scientific expedition is on its way to prepare a claim that vast energy wealth under the Arctic belongs to the Danish Crown.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Reindeer herders find more craters in the far north in a deepening puzzle for scientists. 

It sounds like a real-life Jurassic Park, but the woolly mammoth could be stomping the Siberian taiga in less than 20 years.

Going by train all the way from Beijing (or even London) to New York could become a reality.

Memorandum of understanding will see construction of major projects including new refinery and upgrade to port.

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