ST. PETERSBURG, 28 January (BelTA) - Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are attending a ceremony to launch a new wintering complex at the Vostok station in ...

At Vostok Station in Antarctica, July means miserably low temperatures, almost perpetual darkness and all the other inconveniences of an Antarctic winter. But this winter brought Russian scientists ...

At the continent’s Vostok Station, less than 1,000 miles from the South Pole, Russian researchers were able to grow eight watermelons in conditions not well suited to the summertime snack, The ...

A graphic shows the location of Lake Vostok and the depth of the subglacial body of water. By Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor: Reports this week confirm that Russian scientists have penetrated a ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that Vostok, Antarctica, remains the coldest place on Earth at –100°F due to its elevation and location. While the region remains ...

ARLINGTON, Va. Scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) at Columbia University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York State have developed the first-ever map of water ...

From Antarctic research stations to remote Siberian towns, these places redefine the meaning of cold.

ST. PETERSBURG, 28 January (BelTA) - The new complex of the Vostok station in Antarctica will become a major venue for scientific programs of Belarus and Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said ...

MOSCOW, May 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has handed down instructions to deliver the modules of the Vostok research station’s winter complex to Antarctica in 2021. According to the ...