The racing predator was seen 60km south of Batagai, north-east from republic’s capital Yakutsk.
It is the first polar bear seen in the city in more than 40 years, according to local environmentalists.
Lame, exhausted and confused, the young male polar bear is far from his natural habitat to the north.
In the last 15 years, polar bear hunters in eastern Greenland have had to adapt their hunting practices because of climate change,
Far from the Arctic snow and ice, in brown bear territory, the adventurous two year old is soon to take a river trip back home.