Polar bear shot dead after attacking cruise ship worker in Arctic

[jpak]

https://nypost.com/2018/07/28/polar-bear-shot-dead-after-attacking-cruise-ship-worker-in-arctic/

BERLIN — Norwegian authorities said a polar bear attacked and injured a cruise ship employee who was leading tourists off a ship Saturday on an Arctic archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

The Joint Rescue Coordination for Northern Norway tweeted that the attack occurred when the tourists from the “MS Bremen” landed on the most northern island of the Svalbard archipelago. The region is known for its remote terrain, glaciers, reindeer and polar bears.

“The man was attacked by a polar bear and injured on his head,” German Hapag Lloyd Cruises, who operates the “MS Bremen,” said in a statement to The Associated Press.

The cruise company said the polar bear was shot dead “in an act of self-defense.” It was not clear who shot the bear.

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[tblue37]

1. Poor thing was probably starving. nt

[True Dough]

2. There was a man attacked and killed by a polar bear in Canada's far north just a few weeks ago

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-father-killed-by-polar-bear-while-protecting-his-children-in-nunavut/

[nmgaucho]

3. I wish people would just stay the hell out of those areas

We have fucked up the planet and destroyed enough species as it is.

[Blue_true]

4. So we go deep, deep into their habitat and expect no issues?

Maybe the tourists should have stayed on the ship and viewed from there.

[malaise]

5. So they went into bear territory

but it was self defense. - not OK. Pity the bear didn't have a gun.