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A group of polar bears has surrounded a team of Arctic researchers in a remote part of Russia, the WWF says. COURTESY Vladimir Kipriyanov/WWF
Researchers tried to scare the bears off with flares, but they were undeterred, and the WWF says team has no other weapons. COURTESY Vladimir Kipriyanov/WWF
The presence of the bears is preventing a team of meteorologists and engineers from leaving the weather station on the island of Vaygach to measure water temperatures in the Arctic Sea. courtesy Viktor Nikiforov/wwf
