Five
meteorologists have spent about two weeks trapped in their laboratory
located in a remote Russian island due to a herd of polar bears that
stayed ouside the door. The island is part of the archipielago of the
Izvesty TSIK Islands, and it's a place where polar bears are common.
Even so, this year the population of these mammels has increased a
lot.
The
meteorologists have run out of flares they normally use to scare the
bears, what makes them be choiceless in the face of the bears. Thses
bears have been sleeping outside the windows of the laboratory, as
the men have reported to a news agency via satellite phone.
In
order to not harm them, the meteorologist's only option is to wait
for a boat from the city of Arkhangelsk, which will bring flares to
scare the bears and release the weather experts. The boat will take
about a week to get there, and meanwhile they have had to stop doing
work that requires going outside.
Some
environmental experts have declared that polar bears are an
endangered specie, affected by the global warming which melts the ice
where they normally live, making it difficult for them to hunt.
That's probably why they have gone near humans: to get food.
PERSONAL
OPINION:
I
found this news curious and I hope everything goes fine and anyone
gets wounded. I like the fact thay refuse to harm the polar bears,
even though they have the weapons to do it. I think it's exacly what
they should do, as bears are an endangered specie. Also, apart from
finding it curious, it also makes me sad, becaue it is a sign of what
polar bears are suffering because of global warming.
VOCABULARY:
· to swarm: moure's en ramat o grup
· flare: llum d'emergència/ balisa
· chief: líder, cap
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