Another disaster in the Russian Arctic: Dock fire consumes nuclear submarine
Just a couple of weeks ago, a Russian oil rig sank off the coast of Sakhalin Island, leaving at least…
Russian oil platform sinks off Sakhalin coast; 49 missing
The Russian oil rig Kolskaya sunk 200 miles off the east coast of Sakhalin late Saturday night in stormy weather with…
100 beluga whales trapped off Chukotka
Off the east coast of Chukotka’s peninsula, winter has come hard and fast, freezing parts of the Bering Strait. Fifteen miles south of the village of Yanrakynnot in the Sinyavinsky Strait, 100 beluga…Continue Reading →