In an ethnic Tatar village in Russia’s Omsk region, drinking water comes from the ice of a local lake, which is cut in winter, carried, and stored for year-round use. It’s a good business for those who do the hard work of collecting the ice, and locals claim the clean water contributes to their longevity
Siberia’s Evenk region is larger than any European country but it is home to only around 17,000 people. It’s so vast and remote that scientists have spent decades searching and failing to find one of the largest meteorites ever to fall to Earth — the Tunguska meteorite
Dead fish, crabs, and even seals have been washing up on the shores of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, with locals and surfers reporting health issues. Official tests showed the concentration of petroleum products in the water to be four times acceptable levels. Some experts have speculated that rocket fuel from military test and storage sites could be to blame for the ecological disaster