Former Soviet Union: That Summer: Altai mountains, Russia, 1995: Siberi a, where even bears have bad breath We'd planned a trip to the mountains and Lake Teletskoye - but we hadn' t bargained on getting so close to the wildlife.

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: July 17, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

"PHOO, MISHA, phoo!" The usual Russian response to irksome animals wasn't working: Misha, a three-month-old bear, and looking as cuddly as any self-respecting roly-poly brown cub should (but with a bad case of halitosis), kept trying to play and her cute paws hid some sharp claws. When Svetlana had suggested organising a back-to-nature journey to the Altai mountains in lieu of payment for translation work with her science journal, I hadn't bargained on getting quite so close to Russia's wildlife.

Misha notwithstanding, the trip to the Altai was one of the highlights of a two-year stay in ...

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