Siberia holds a landscape you wouldn’t expect: golden dunes framed by taiga and snow-covered peaks.

These are the Chara Sands in Zabaykalsky Krai, a true desert hidden deep in the Siberian wilderness.

Far away, between Denmark and Sweden, a bridge seems to disappear beneath the sea. It crosses an artificial island, then continues underwater through a tunnel.

How did a desert emerge in the taiga? And why does this remarkable route bring together a bridge, an island, and a tunnel? Find out on “Beyond the Atlas.”

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