Photographer Dmitry Kokh discovered polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation, while on a trip to Wrangel Island, a Unesco-recognised nature reserve that serves as a refuge to the animals
by Dmitry Kokh
Kolyuchin is known for the polar weather station that operated on it in Soviet times.
Though the station was closed in 1992, the abandoned village still stands on the island.
The females kept to the side with their cubs, closer to the shores of the island.
so I took pictures from a drone equipped with special low-noise propellers.
Photographer Dmitry Kokh discovered polar bears living in an abandoned weather station in Kolyuchin, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation, while on a trip to Wrangel Island, a Unesco-recognised nature reserve that serves as a refuge to the animals