Mammoth task: the Russian family on a resurrection quest to tackle the climate crisis
Can bringing mammoths back to Siberia save permafrost from thawing?
On the banks of the River Kolyma, deep into the Arctic circle in north-east Siberia, lies a gently rusting Soviet-era tank. It doesn’t look out of place here. After all, just down the river is the hull of a half-sunken ship and the remains of an Aeroflot aeroplane fuselage that met an unfortunate end.
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