Polar bears besiege Russian scientitsts.

Torplexed · 09-06-15, 10:42 AM

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(MOSCOW) -- A pair of scientists on a remote Russian island are besieged in their research station by a group of aggressive, hungry polar bears.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), says that a meteorologist and an engineer are stuck inside the Fyodorov weather station on Vaygach island in the Arctic Ocean, an incredibly remote place.

The researchers have told the charity that the bears have started sleeping near their hut, behaving aggressively and fighting one another over food, which is a bad sign. They tried to scare off the bears with flares but it apparently had no effect.

The researchers normally go outside twice a-day to take readings from the sea but the likelihood of being attacked by a bear means they have not been able to.

The men said they don't have anything else to try and drive the bears away.

WWF says it is going to ask the Russian government to send help.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34123834

I can see the movie possibilities already. The Siege of Ice Station Zoo.

Onkel Neal · 09-06-15, 06:36 PM

They don't have rifles? That would settle the issue.

Or, maybe they can get a drone to wave a piece of seal in front of them and lead them off a few miles...

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Oberon · 09-06-15, 09:42 PM

I dunno, these bears have been around Russian scientists, the effect of the vodka will probably dull the pain of any rifle round.

Clearly the Russians need to bring in the bear cavalry, it's the only answer.

Aktungbby · 09-06-15, 10:11 PM

I trust ( but verify) nothing will happen to the bears-they were there first and it is the ursine gulag after all! The scientists need to evac.

Oberon · 09-06-15, 10:12 PM

Are you saying that the polar bears are the last political refugees of the civil war between the Bolshevik Black bears and the Menshevik Polar Bears?

Aktungbby · 09-06-15, 10:25 PM

http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/about-polar-bears/essentials/conflicts-and-encounters

The trick is to coexist: and the bears, ever the apex predator, and in severe straits with global warming loss of ice habitat, have dominion. No shooting allowed; the research can wait.

09-06-15, 06:36 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	They don't have rifles? That would settle the issue. Or, maybe they can get a drone to wave a piece of seal in front of them and lead them off a few miles... . __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,030 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I trust ( but verify) nothing will happen to the bears-they were there first and it is the ursine gulag after all! The scientists need to evac. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,030 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The churchill solution http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/about-polar-bears/essentials/conflicts-and-encounters The trick is to coexist: and the bears, ever the apex predator, and in severe straits with global warming loss of ice habitat, have dominion. No shooting allowed; the research can wait. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

09-06-15, 09:42 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I dunno, these bears have been around Russian scientists, the effect of the vodka will probably dull the pain of any rifle round. Clearly the Russians need to bring in the bear cavalry, it's the only answer.

09-06-15, 10:12 PM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Are you saying that the polar bears are the last political refugees of the civil war between the Bolshevik Black bears and the Menshevik Polar Bears?