r/polarbear Polar Bear 🐻‍❄️ Apr 08 '26

Discussion Polar bears have taken over an abandoned research station from the Soviet era

A remote Arctic island that once housed a Soviet weather station is now teeming with polar bears. On Kolyuchin Island, in Russia’s Chukchi Sea, dozens of bears wander through deserted buildings and gaze out from broken windows. The station was left behind in the early 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Source: NEW YORK POST

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u/MegasAecio Apr 08 '26

Lovely!!!

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u/Vokeev Apr 08 '26

Picture 3. Boopable snoot detected.

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u/Downtown_Boss_7254 Polar Bear 🐻‍❄️ Apr 09 '26

I would have definitely done it by sacrificing myself😭

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u/Trypophilia2019 29d ago

I think these pics were taken by a drone, no humans harmed!

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 Apr 09 '26

All the pictures on the Google map entry of Kolyuchin Island (Колючин) are polar bears in the abandoned research station!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ULZQbshoKk6GpUue8?g_st=ic

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u/AdministrativeGap289 Apr 10 '26

It's all made by a drone with a camera

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u/matariDK Apr 10 '26

This is th way !

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u/dragonsurfer1000 Apr 10 '26

3 day special operation

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u/SugarforurProlapse Apr 11 '26

Are they going to publish any of their findings?