A French vacationer has been injured in a polar bear assault at a campsite in Norway’s distant Svalbard Islands.
The animal is believed to have attacked a tour group of 25 individuals at Sveasletta, early on Monday morning.
Authorities within the distant Arctic area say the lady's accidents to her arm weren't life-threatening. She was flown by helicopter to the hospital in the principle city, Longyearbyen.
"Pictures had been fired on the polar bear, which was scared away from the world," chief superintendent Stein Olav Bredli informed reporters. The injured animal was later discovered and killed by authorities.
The incident occurred within the central area of the Svalbard archipelago, greater than 800 kilometres north of the Norwegian mainland.
Guests to the islands are strongly suggested to hold firearms in the event that they plan to sleep outside, as a result of presence of round 1,000 polar bears within the Norwegian Arctic.
No less than six individuals have been killed by bears for the reason that Seventies, the newest being a 38-year-old Dutch nationwide in 2020.
In 2015, a polar bear dragged a Czech vacationer out of his tent north of Longyearbyen and clawed his again earlier than being pushed away by gunshots. The bear was later discovered and killed by authorities.
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