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Documented case shows polar bear reached minimum distance of 220 km into taiga zone, suggesting unusual behavior due to ice cover.
A case of polar bear penetrating deep into the taiga zone of Russia’s European Northeast to a minimum distance of about 220 km from the Arctic Ocean coast is described. On 06/25/1983, the animal (a female weighing 150–170 kg) entered the village of Myla in the Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic (65°25′31″ N, 50°52′49″ E). This is only the third documented case of polar bear occurrence in the taiga zone of the region in the XIX–XX centuries. The appearance of the predator was associated with a significant (about 70%) ice cover in the southeastern part of the Barents Sea, this having allowed the predator to reach the coast of the region.
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