Natural gas futures rally as cold weather and storage draws tighten supply. Can prices hold above key support, or is a ...

History has shown time and again that the cold is an army’s worst enemy. From Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia to other frigid battlefields, winter has claimed more soldiers than any weapon ...

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "winter walks". Here is a selection of the photographs we ...

Every winter, we are flooded with talk of another 'Beast from the East' - but will we actually see a return of the wild ...

In a new four-article series, The Independent reveals the details of Bel Trew’s special investigation into the desperate plight of hundreds – potentially thousands – of people with disabilities caught ...

While colder temperatures have been recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica (minus 128.6 degrees on July 21, 1983) and Klink ...

Temperatures rose to unseasonable highs throughout Russia last week. In Moscow, city-dwellers welcomed the reprieve from the cold, casting off their heavy coats and delighting in the sound of singing ...

In the bleak and bitter winter of early 1947, the Nazi killing machine has been vanquished but Britain and America face the machinations of another ruthless enemy... the emboldened Soviet leader ...

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The dreaded Russian winter this year does not scare anyone: in 75 percent of the territory of Russia are recorded completely abnormal temperatures that exceed between 7 and 13 degrees Celsius the ...

The Nordic country has a network of underground shelters unmatched in the West and the largest number of reservists in the ...

Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic. NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of sabotage.