Russian scientists besieged by polar bears

About a dozen polar bears have besieged a weather station located on the remote Troynoy island in the southern part of the Kara Sea

(TASS.com) Russian scientists who are currently besieged by polar bears at a weather station on the Troynoy island in the Kara Sea will be sent dogs for protection and also flares, Vassiliy Shevchenko, the head of the Sevgidromet State Monitoring Network that owns the station, told TASS. Read more

Previous story at TASS

Previous on Explorersweb:

BSES youth died in polar bear attack on Svalbard

BSES polar bear attack survivor speaks out

Polar bear attack on Greenland Archaeologist

Svalbard kayakers attacked by Polar Bear