Polar bear kills young British adventurer injures 4 in Norway (Svalbard)

[jpak]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/05/polar-bear-mauls-british-death

A British adventurer has been killed by a polar bear that attacked an expedition organised by the British Schools Exploring Society.

Four other people were injured by the animal, which the group then shot dead, at the Von Postbreen glacier on the island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago.

The party of around 80 were on a five-week expedition in the Arctic run by the BSES, a youth development charity.
The group alerted the authorities by satellite phone at 7.30am on Friday and the injured were airlifted by helicopter to hospital 25 miles away in Longyearbyen, the island's capital.

The four, including the two leaders of the trip, were named as Michael Reid, Andrew Ruck, Patrick Flinders and Scott Smith. They are due to be flown to University hospital in Tromso on the Norwegian mainland on Friday afternoon.

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never ever trust these bears

[hobbit709]

1. If you go into an apex predator's territory

don't be surprised when you get mistaken for an hors d'oeuvre

[Poll_Blind]

2. ^-- This

PB

[sinkingfeeling]

3. When will people stop invading the bears' territory?

[dtexdem]

4. Bears, never ever trust these humans.

Works both ways.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

5. That bear must have gotten bored playing Polar Bear Payback

at Adult Swim and decided to do the real thing.

Go Bear!


http://games.adultswim.com/polar-bear-payback-action-online-game.html

[uppityperson]

6. Dang, that's too bad, all the way around. Hope the injured recover soon. eom

[The Straight Story]

7. Let me guess - the bear was white (initially heard he was mid-eastern)

:evilgrin: