In the Kara sea on the island Triple polar bears laid siege to the station News of the CEC. The animals mauled the dogs and close to residential buildings.
Polar bears continue to hold in the siege of a meteorological station of the News of the CEC of Sevgidromet on the Triple island in the southern part of the Kara sea in the Arctic. In search of food animals hacked the window in one of the warehouse buildings.
Meteorologists have nothing to scare off predators, they are waiting for help from the mainland. However, a special vessel of Sevgidromet, which recently walked from Arkhangelsk, come to Triple in a month.
At the moment, in the vicinity of the station in search of food roam more than a dozen bears, including four females with kids. Scientists (five people) are afraid to go out the building the winter. To bear reached a year’s supply of food, polar distilled their tractor to block up the Windows with boards.
Guide Sevgidromet officially informed about what is happening. The explorers were encouraged to take decisions independently, depending on the circumstances.
The Minister of natural resources and ecology of Russia Sergey Donskoy instructed to Roshydromet to ensure the safety of employees of the meteorological station on Triple island due to the perceived risk of encounters with predators. He also instructed to take the necessary measures to save the animals. In addition, the don asked the head of Roshydromet Alexander Frolov to bring the situation under personal control.
The relationship between polar bears and polar explorers often don’t add up. Periodically reported attacks by predators on humans with tragic consequences. The polar bear is listed in the international Red book and the Red book of Russia. Hunting of these animals is forbidden in our country since 1957.
