Wait, what? Polar Bears are supposed to be extinct by now? And moving North because their habitat is melting away due to global warming.
Not.
Authorities in the Russian archipelago of Novaya Zemlya have declared a state of emergency after more than 50 polar bears were spotted in the region.
Alec Luhn on Twitter
Russia’s Novaya Zemlya is considering a cull to repel a “mass invasion” of polar bears, like this 1 in a young family’s hallway. 52 bears counted in Belushya Guba. They should be hunting seals on sea ice but global warming is driving them to land @joli_mai https://t.co/h0HTZ3zWln https://t.co/xYofvdizXb
The Moscow Times on Twitter
An aurora of polar bears descend upon Russia’s remote Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya https://t.co/TUZZhTEFrZ https://t.co/GpPgose7KO
euronews on Twitter
Russian islands declare emergency after polar bear ‘invasion’. A local official, Alexander Minayev, said that 52 polar bears were spotted between December and February near Belushya Guba, a settlement on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. https://t.co/GgU2ptCDZc