Polar bears take over abandoned Soviet-era research station in #Arctic
Polar bears have taken over the abandoned Soviet-era research station on #Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea, in Russia's far northeast. Photo taken on September 14. @makhorov/via REUTERS
Vadim Makhorov, a travel blogger, used a drone to film the bears roaming in and out of the facility's scattered buildings in the late summer Arctic sun this month on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea. @makhorov/via REUTERS
A polar bear looks out of a building at the abandoned Soviet-era research station on Kolyuchin Island. @makhorov/via REUTERS
"I think they see these houses as shelter from the wind, rain and other things," Makhorov told Reuters. "In general, they get along fine there." @makhorov/via REUTERS
Scientists left the research station, which is in an abandoned village, soon after the Soviet Union's collapse over three decades ago. @makhorov/via REUTERS
An aerial view of the abandoned Soviet-era research station on #Kolyuchin Island. @makhorov/via REUTERS
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One polar bear snapped at the drone as it approached. Others playfully poked their heads out of the buildings as they were filmed. @makhorov/via REUTERS
A polar bear walks out of a building at the abandoned Soviet-era research station. @makhorov/via REUTERS
The station has been closed since February 1992. @makhorov/via REUTERS
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