Boater's Stunt to Awaken Sleeping Polar Bear Backfires After Brazen Horn Blast
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Boater’s stunt to awaken sleeping polar bear backfires after brazen horn blast
A boater in Norway was hit with a hefty fine after intentionally using a ship's horn to wake a sleeping polar bear.The incident happened this month while a boat was traveling in Lomfjorden in the Svalbard archipelago, according to a statement from the governor of Svalbard.Those aboard the vessel spotted a polar bear sleeping on land before one person sounded the ship's horn — causing the animal to awaken and move elsewhere, officials said.YELLOW…
Svalbard's conservation laws ask people to stay away from bears. Not everyone heeds this call, and some pay the price.
In the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, famous for its strict rules of conservation of the Arctic fauna, the authorities have imposed a heavy financial penalty on a person who used the fog siren of a boat to interrupt the rest of a polar bear. The episode, revealed by CNN, took place at the beginning of [...]
For waking a polar bear, a man was fined more than $5,000; what happened?
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