Russian-U.S. Polar Bear Commission – Johnson's Russia List

RBTH: A welcome cold war: Russia and the U.S. fight to protect polar bears

January 10, 2017 JRL Russia List Arctic, Environment, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

File Photo of Polar Bear on Ice and Snow with Water Nearby

In late 2016, Russia and the U.S. jointly studied 180 polar bears living along the border of Alaska and Chukotka. Their findings will help develop a three-year plan to save the species. (Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – RAM TER-GHAZARYAN, SPECIAL TO RBTH – January 10, 2017) The Wrangel Island Reserve in the Chukchi Sea has one of the […]