Seventeen fishermen were missing and feared dead on Monday after a Russian boat capsized during a storm and sank in the freezing waters of the Barents Sea. Officials said that two people had been rescued during a search-and-rescue operation, but that bad weather conditions had complicated efforts to find survivors.

17 fishermen feared dead after boat sinks in Arctic Russia

Reindeer herders in Russia have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, with its teeth and even its nose intact. The remains, revealed by the melting permafrost, were discovered on Great Lyakhovsky Island.

Intact Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia

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17 fishermen feared dead after boat sinks in Arctic Russia

Intact Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia