A group of polar bears has surrounded a team of Arctic researchers in a remote part of Russia, the WWF says.
A group of polar bears has surrounded a team of Arctic researchers in a remote part of Russia, the WWF says.
COURTESY Vladimir Kipriyanov/WWF
Researchers tried to scare the bears off with flares, but they were undeterred, and the WWF says team has no other weapons.
Researchers tried to scare the bears off with flares, but they were undeterred, and the WWF says team has no other weapons.
COURTESY Vladimir Kipriyanov/WWF
The presence of the bears is preventing a team of meteorologists and engineers from leaving the weather station on the island of Vaygach to measure water temperatures in the Arctic Sea.
The presence of the bears is preventing a team of meteorologists and engineers from leaving the weather station on the island of Vaygach to measure water temperatures in the Arctic Sea.
courtesy Viktor Nikiforov/wwf