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Ooh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Ooh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
posted by thecincinnatikid at 11:40 AM on September 27 [3 favorites]

They used to be occupied by workers at a now defunct polar research station that shuttered in 1992.

But existence there is apparently still bearable.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:59 AM on September 27 [8 favorites]

Greg_Ace: "But existence there is apparently still bearable."

Only because they have the bear necessities
posted by chavenet at 12:28 PM on September 27 [4 favorites]

This is amazing. I love all the bears sticking their heads out of their houses to see what's going on. The shot of the giant paw aiming for the drone is everything.
posted by hydropsyche at 12:43 PM on September 27 [4 favorites]

Getting strong His Dark Materials energy here
posted by cnidaria at 12:47 PM on September 27 [9 favorites]

Please tell me they have beds with different firmness and bowls of porridge.
posted by effluvia at 1:27 PM on September 27 [25 favorites]

Do they pay the bear tax?
posted by funkaspuck at 1:37 PM on September 27 [1 favorite]

I guess these jokes are bearable.
posted by piyushnz at 2:24 PM on September 27 [1 favorite]

People who don't think so would be my polar opposite.
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:27 PM on September 27 [4 favorites]

Great, now the bears are going to be into UFO conspiracy theories...
posted by lextex at 3:19 PM on September 27 [2 favorites]

Does the tiny Chucky Sea island bear a name? Is it close to the Bearing Sea?

...I?ll stop now.
posted by Droll Lord at 3:20 PM on September 27 [2 favorites]

The drone appears to have only just made it through that filming assignment.
posted by rongorongo at 3:25 PM on September 27 [5 favorites]

Getting some excellent Up North content today: first the high altitude cats (we can climb anywhere thanks much) and now bears who are clearly thinking about getting privacy curtains and mosquito drone repellent.
posted by winesong at 3:28 PM on September 27 [2 favorites]

As a bi-polar bear, I’m angry I’m laughing at this.
posted by waving at 5:33 PM on September 27 [5 favorites]

I wonder if the bears view the houses as superior or substandard caves.
posted by Mitheral at 5:36 PM on September 27 [4 favorites]

Забудь, Джейк, это Бьорнстад.
posted by not_on_display at 6:38 PM on September 27 [2 favorites]

LOST joke
posted by chococat at 9:28 PM on September 27 [2 favorites]

The bear : libertarian ratio is too damn high.
posted by away for regrooving at 12:34 AM on September 28 [1 favorite]

But existence there is apparently still bearable.

Worst pun I've ever heard ursine.
posted by hal9k at 1:47 PM on September 28 [3 favorites]

Ice see what you did there.
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:44 PM on September 28 [2 favorites]

There was a (now-deleted) post to Metafilter about this island a few years back as well. Good to see the bears are still having fun. Here's a video and a blog post from 2022 (both from photographer Dmitry Kokh) that was included in the previous post.
posted by Johnny Assay at 7:37 PM on September 28 [1 favorite]

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