Two young polar bears ran away when they saw the Alaska airport worker’s truck approach. “Well, it’s just another day at the Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Airport,” Babcock says on the recording as the bears scamper off. The state Department of Transportation warned pilots of “low sealings.” But polar bears are another story. And at this time of year, when the sun is down all day for the next few months, polar bears can be hard to see. “Those bears could be 40 yards away from you and you wouldn’t know it,” said Babcock, an equipment operator foreman.

Source: thestar December 16, 2017 23:15 UTC