Polar bear struggles with best selfie look on remote Wrangel Island
Inquisitive beasts are intrigued by camera traps but pictures have mixed results.
Determined polar bear was caught possibly seeking to improve its selfie skills. Picture: Ulyana Babiy
This remote outpost boasts the highest density of polar bears in the world, almost 600 at the last count.
And some of the animals on this icy island are curious about the strange structures erected by man to monitor them and their territory.
Some of the animals on this icy island are curious about the strange structures erected by man to monitor them and their territory. Pictures: Ulyana Babiy
Staff from Wrangel’s nature reserve use camera traps and temperature measuring equipment on the island, between the East Siberian and Chuckchi seas.
Some examples of polar bear selfies - as they get up close to the photo traps - are shown here.
One fearsome image highlights a bear's muzzle from the underside.
Some examples of polar bear selfies - as they get up close to the photo traps - are shown here. Pictures: Wrangel Island Nature Reserve
And a remarkable video shows a determined polar bear possibly seeking to improve its selfie skills.
The only trouble is this box atop a post is a weather monitoring point rather than a similar looking camera trap.
Still, the auto-filmed video showing this scene is really entertaining.
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Island was part of the District of Alaska under the terms of Harrison Alaska Organic Act. Alaska became a US Territory on August 24, 1912. On April 1, 1924, Wrangell Island was owned by the Lomen Brothers Company of
Nome, Alaska.