Story highlights Five Russian meteorologists trapped on tiny Troynoy island have been rescued

Dogs and flares were sent to scare off 10 polar bears that surrounded them

(CNN) Five Russian meteorologists who were trapped on a tiny island by 10 polar bears for two weeks have finally been rescued after dogs and flares scared the bears away.

The drama began at the Arctic weather station on Troynoy Island on August 31, when a polar bear killed one of the two dogs there, according to Vadim Plotnikov, head of the station.

Plotnikov told Tass , the Russian state news agency, Monday: "A female bear has been sleeping under the station's windows since Saturday night. It's dangerous to go out as we have run short of any means to scare off the predators.

"We had to stop some of the meteorological observations."

Plotnikov said 10 adult bears, including four females with cubs, were spotted around the station.

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