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Of the Eight Known Polar Bear-Grizzly Bear Hybrids, All of Them are Descended from the Same Mother Polar Bear.

As the world warms and Arctic sea ice melts, starving polar bears are forced further south, where they meet grizzlies, whose ranges are expanding northward. With increased contact between the two species comes more mating, and thus more sightings of their hybrid offspring. But did you know polar bear and grizzly bear hybrids all came […]

Of the Eight Known Polar Bear-Grizzly Bear Hybrids, All of Them are Descended from the Same Mother Polar Bear. Read More »

The soviets built a chain of remote lighthouses along the arctic coast, each one powered by it’s own miniature nuclear generator. In total 1007 of these generators were put in place, several of which remain unaccounted for.

The nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Arctic The Northern Sea Route goes for 5600km from the Kara Sea to the Bering Strait, connecting Western Russia to the Far Eastern territories. In the 1930s, the USSR started building hundreds of lighthouses along this Arctic route. With no keepers, and no other form of

The soviets built a chain of remote lighthouses along the arctic coast, each one powered by it’s own miniature nuclear generator. In total 1007 of these generators were put in place, several of which remain unaccounted for. Read More »