Polar Bear Killed After Attack on Island Off Northern Norway

Polar Bear Killed After Attack on Island Off Northern Norway
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A polar bear was killed off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago on July 28, Norwegian authorities said.

The polar bear had injured a man who was leading tourists off a cruise ship, and was then shot dead by another employee of the ship “in an act of self-defense”, The Associated Press reported.