Siberia, with its long, brutal winters, has been a favorite spot for Russian leaders to send convicts for labor-camp sentences for the past four to five centuries. There are large expanses of ...

Even in Siberia and in many places across the country that spans ... It has taken longer than usual for ice to form on Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, which is typically covered in ...

In looking at the pattern I wouldn’t be surprised to see another Arctic outbreak in a week or two when the lake water is colder. Here’s the visual on the ‘Siberian Express’ heading our way.