A polar bear has killed a Dutch man camping in Svalbard

It's the first fatal polar bear attack on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago in nine years.

By Reuters August 28, 2020
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OSLO — A polar bear killed a 38-year-old Dutch man on Friday in Svalbard, local authorities said, the first such deadly incident in nine years.

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