Post by Bob on Aug 5, 2011 13:46:13 GMT 1
A polar bear has mauled a young British tourist to death and seriously injured four others in a remote part of Norway.
A party of around 80 were on a trip with the British Schools Exploring Society near the remote Von Postbreen glacier when the attack took place.
The four injured, who included two leaders of the trip, were being flown to Tromsoe in Norway.
Four people injured in the mauling were flown to Longyearbyen hospital and are being airlifted to a hospital in Tromsoe, the governor's office spokeswoman said.
"We got a call via satellite phone from a British group of campers that there had been a polar bear attack and that one person was dead and that others were injured and they needed assistance," she said.
"There are no roads in the area of the Von Postbreen glacier where the incident happened so we scrambled a helicopter."
A party of around 80 were on a trip with the British Schools Exploring Society near the remote Von Postbreen glacier when the attack took place.
The four injured, who included two leaders of the trip, were being flown to Tromsoe in Norway.
Four people injured in the mauling were flown to Longyearbyen hospital and are being airlifted to a hospital in Tromsoe, the governor's office spokeswoman said.
"We got a call via satellite phone from a British group of campers that there had been a polar bear attack and that one person was dead and that others were injured and they needed assistance," she said.
"There are no roads in the area of the Von Postbreen glacier where the incident happened so we scrambled a helicopter."