Did you know why there were dogs on the stations?

Station Dogs

Living in total isolation in the Arctic was sometimes more exciting than researchers would have wanted. They were prepared for everything, though, including polar bears. Every station had several canine inhabitants to warn of the approach of bears. In some cases the dogs even managed to chase the bears away by themselves.







The two photographs below show dogs chasing a polar bear on NP-22.

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