In winter, surface ice traps the gas ... near the mouth of the Kolyma on the Arctic Ocean. The site had originally been occupied by a transit station for prisoners bound for Stalin’s gulags ...

Every winter in Russia's east ... The trip up to Belaya Gora takes around five days if things run smoothly. Ice road Kolyma Highway Meet Ruslan Dorochenkov, 28 years old and the father of two ...

The Kolyma area was discovered to have rich deposits ... died in the brutal conditions - poorly fed and clothed to face winter temperatures that could sink as low as -50C. Kadykchan started ...

All hydropower stations operate in the routine mode. The water inflow to the Kolyma hydropower plant is two times lower than the water discharge - 2,675 cubic meters per second against 5,869 cubic ...