This picture was taken in 1950 during a routine military expedition in the Chukchi Peninsula, Soviet Union. Despite the freezing temperatures, the soldiers began to feed the starving and destitute bears and cubs on a regular basis. They would use a tin-opener to open the tin, which they would then give to the bear after it had licked all the milk, and then feed her little bears with it. Condensed milk, also known as sgushchennoye moloko in Russian, was a common dessert in the army as well.
