Angry walrus attacks and sinks a Russian navy boat
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The Russian Geographical Society announced that the landing boat was attacked by a walrus and overturned while landing on a remote island in the Arctic Circle jointly with the Russian Navy. Eventually the boat was sunk.
Моржиха напала на лодку экспедиции Северного флота на Землю Франца-Иосифа | Русское географиообщс
https://www.rgo.ru/ru/article/morzhiha-napala-na-lodku-ekspedicii-severnogo-flota-na-zemlyu-franca-iosifa
Комплексная экспедиция Северного флота повторила маршруты первопроходцев Земли Франини
https://structure.mil.ru/structure/okruga/north/news/more.htm?id=12252943@egNews
Walruses attacked and sank Northern Fleet boat at Franz Josef Land | The Independent Barents Observer
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2019/09/walrus-attacked-and-sank-northern-fleet-boat
Walrus attacks Russian Navy, sinking inflatable boat | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/walruses-attack-russian-navy-sinking-inflatable-boat/
The Russian Geographical Association accompanied the Russian Navy Northern Fleet and conducted biological investigations of the glaciers and suburbs of the Franz Josef Islands in the Russian Arctic.
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When the research team tried to land on Wiltke Island in the Franz Josef Islands with a landing boat owned by the Russian Navy, a female walrus attacked the boat and the boat capsized. The Russian Geographical Society reported that the crew had successfully landed and that all were safe but that the boat had sunk.
On the other hand, the Russian Navy Northern Fleet did not mention that the boat had capsized and sank, saying, `` Walrus attacked a landing boat on which a group of researchers were riding, but under the appropriate and clear instructions of the Northern Fleet soldiers, The damage was avoided. ”
It was a female walrus who had attacked, and it seems that he attacked the boat to protect his children. The Russian Ministry of Defense has released images of walruses crowding along the coast of the Franz Josef Islands. There is no mention of whether the research team actually landed from this coast, but you can see that the Franz Josef Islands are a colony of walruses.
By Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Regarding this, the Russian Geographical Society has stated that “the vicinity of the Arctic is a good example of the danger”. According to the Russian Navy Northern Fleet, there was no damage on the walrus side.
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