HIGHLIGHTS for travellers on a Polar cruise usually include polar caps, penguins and much-anticipated sightings of the famous polar bear – but what if you didn’t have to leave your house to have a “wild” encounter with one of these furry white polar natives? Residents in the tiny remote town...
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HIGHLIGHTS for travellers on a Polar cruise usually include polar caps, penguins and much-anticipated sightings of the famous polar bear – but what if you didn’t have to leave your house to have a “wild” encounter with one of these furry white polar natives?
Residents in the tiny remote town of Belushya Guba in the Russian archipelago of Novaya Zemlya were both terrified and delighted by a group of new and uninvited residents after more than 50 polar bears ditched their icy homes and headed inland to find food and shelter.
Regional authorities in Russia were forced to declare a state of emergency after the bears were spotted peering into homes, entering buildings and enjoying leftovers from a garbage dump outside the town.
Police are currently asking residents to “bear” with them as plans to relocate the wayward animals get underway.
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