2022---the-ghost-town-of-polar-bears

While Kolyuchin Island is a deserted "ghost town," other Arctic communities face active challenges with polar bear incursions: Polar bears move into abandoned Arctic weather station

Dmitry Kokh encountered the bears in September 2021 while on an expedition to Wrangel Island. His photos, which gained widespread fame in early 2022, show roughly 20 bears (mostly males) lounging on porches, peering through windows, and wandering through the dilapidated buildings. 2022---The-ghost-town-of-polar-bears

In 2022, photographer Dmitry Kokh captured viral images of polar bears "occupying" an abandoned weather station on in the Chukchi Sea, located off the far east coast of Russia. This "ghost town" became a symbol of wildlife adapting to human-abandoned spaces in the Arctic. The Story of Kolyuchin Island While Kolyuchin Island is a deserted "ghost town,"

The site was originally a Soviet-era meteorological station built in 1932. It was abandoned in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This "ghost town" became a symbol of wildlife