Teh One Who Knocks
08-05-2011, 12:31 PM
By the CNN Wire Staff
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(CNN) -- One person has been killed and four severely injured in a polar bear attack in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, local officials said Friday.
The five were members of a British group who were at the Von Postbreen glacier, a statement on the Svalbard governor's website said. Their nationalities have not been confirmed.
They were taken for treatment in Longyearbyen, the largest settlement in Svalbard, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away, the statement said, and will be flown to another hospital in the northern Norwegian city of Tromso later.
The polar bear has been killed, the statement added.
A notice posted on the website earlier this year warned of polar bear sightings near Longyearbyen. Seeking out or disturbing polar bears is banned under local laws.
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(CNN) -- One person has been killed and four severely injured in a polar bear attack in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, local officials said Friday.
The five were members of a British group who were at the Von Postbreen glacier, a statement on the Svalbard governor's website said. Their nationalities have not been confirmed.
They were taken for treatment in Longyearbyen, the largest settlement in Svalbard, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) away, the statement said, and will be flown to another hospital in the northern Norwegian city of Tromso later.
The polar bear has been killed, the statement added.
A notice posted on the website earlier this year warned of polar bear sightings near Longyearbyen. Seeking out or disturbing polar bears is banned under local laws.