Polar bears have also become active
A polar bear and her cubs have taken up residence in a small house at an Arctic polar station. wrote author of the Telegram channel about the lives of polar explorers, "Man from the Arctic."
"The mother bear crawled out and the cub showed its face. Our dogs are kind, and they didn't harm the bears. Polar bears are predators, and it's dangerous to live near them. So the dogs help prevent dangerous encounters," commented The author of the channel has his own video.
In total, polar explorers counted about 15 bears in the vicinity of the station.
Increased bear activity in Arctic regions
Since August, Siberia has seen a record number of brown bear encounters with humans. But polar bears aren't far behind: in September, polar bears were spotted in the urban industrial zone of Norilsk and in the village of Dikson.
In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in the village of Ust-Yuribey, a polar bear attacked local residents who were fishing, but they managed to escape.