Whilst travelling on snowmobiles on a tour round the archipelago of Svalbard, the group spotted the polar bear about 3,000 feet away. Hoping to give his group a closer look at the bear, the guide ...

Svalbard is located halfway between mainland Europe and the North Pole, and is home to about 2,145 humans and 1,000 polar bears. The bears are considered a symbol of the archipelago and have been ...

A polar bear has been shot dead after it attacked a cruise ship employee on an Arctic archipelago. The worker, a designated polar bear guard, suffered a head injury as he led tourists off the ship. It ...

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French woman is mauled by a polar bear after it wandered into a tour group's campsite on remote Norwegian Arctic island. The tourist was part of a camp group in Sveasletta 500 miles north of Norway ...

A tour group of 25 people were tent camping on a remote Arctic island in Norway, officials from the Svalbard region said in an Aug. 8 news release. A polar bear entered the campsite and attacked ...

High-latitude tourism company Hurtigruten Svalbard has launched a first-of-its kind hybrid-electric excursion vessel in Longyearbyen, just 800 miles from the North Pole. The 14-meter vessel ...

Polar bear shot dead after attacking tour guide near North Pole. The employee was unresponsive when he was taken to hospital, and officials say the animal was killed "in an act of self-defence".