Arctic Circle

Arctic Circle

A polar bear walks out of a building at the abandoned Soviet-era research station on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea, in Russia's far northeast, 14 September 2025, in this still image taken from a drone video. Photo: Instagram @makhorov/Handout via REUTERS

Polar bears take over abandoned research station in Russian Arctic

Scientists left the research station, which is in an abandoned village, soon after the Soviet Union's collapse over three decades ago

Siberia. Picture: Pixabay

'Hottest-ever' temperature recorded at Arctic Circle