Intact Remains of 40,000 Year Old Bear Discovered In Northern Russia

An almost perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear has been found in the far north of Russia, in the country’s Arctic Circle, where temperatures in the winter can drop to more than 50 degrees below freezing.

It is believed to be the first ever example of this particular species discovered with its soft tissues still intact.

The initial find was made by herders following their reindeer on the remote Lyakhovsky Islands in the East Siberian Sea – now part of Russia’s New Siberian islands archipelago in the nation’s Far North.