[URL]http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16044333[/URL]
[QUOTE]A British student has been killed by a polar bear while travelling with a British tourist group in Norway.[/h]He has been named as Horatio Chapple, who was from near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
A student at Eton College, 17-year-old Mr Chapple hoped to study medicine at university.
Four others were seriously injured in the attack - the group's leaders Michael Reid and Andrew Ruck along with two of the participants in the trip, Patrick Flinders and Scott Smith.
They were travelling with the [URL="http://www.bses.org.uk/"][B]British Schools Exploring Society[/B][/URL][B] (BSES).
[/B]Mr Reid, who is a member of staff at the [URL="http://www.rgs.org/HomePage.htm"]Royal Geographical Society[/URL] (RGS), was leading the group as part of his summer break.
An RGS spokesman told Sky News: "He is a member of staff however his role in the BSES expedition is not connected with his employment at the (RGS).
"Mr Reid’s involvement with BSES was a personal undertaking in his own time and he joined the BSES expedition this summer using his holiday time allowance."
The chairman of the BSES, Edward Watson, said he sent his "utmost sympathy" to the victim's family.
The BSES published a statement and said: "We and the Norwegian authorities are currently establishing the full circumstances of his tragic death and will not be releasing this until we have discussed it with the family.
"Again, I would ask you to respect their privacy at this extremely difficult time. Our thoughts are with them."
The group was attacked while on a trip to the Svalbard islands and were part of a larger group of around 80 people.
The victims were staying in a campsite containing 13 people which was attacked by the bear.
A helicopter photographed shocked survivors at the site, in an area covered by glacial rubble, where tents were pinned down by large rocks.
A spokeswoman for the governor of Svalbard said explorers usually set up trip wires which fires off a rocket if animals enter the camp.
In an interview with ITV Channel Television Patrick Flinders, who is from the Channel Islands, said he was inspired by the BSES to make the trip after they gave a talk at his school.
The district governor's office said they had reports that the attack took place near the Von Post glacier.
The deputy governor Lars Erik Alfheim told Sky News: "We deployed a helicopter with medical and police personnel, upon arrival one person was declared dead and four people injured.
"It was an organised group. They had a camp set up and this attack happened in the camp."
The injured are being treated at University hospital in Tromso.
The trip which began on July 23, was due to continue until August 28.
Kyle Gouveia returned early from the trip due to frostnip.
Speaking to Sky News, he described the group as a "friendly bunch" and said he had not seen any polar bears on the trip.
In a statement, Norwegian authorities said the bear, which weighed 250kg, had been killed.
Earlier this year the governor of Svalbard had issued a warning about the animals after several were spotted close to Longyearbyen, the nearest major town.
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Couldn't bear the wildlife, I guess.
Oh shit, you can never be certain I guess.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;31553416]Couldn't bear the wildlife, I guess.[/QUOTE]
Dude, that is just wrong. He got brutally killed by a bear and four of his friends got badly wounded. Now is not the place, nor the time.
[QUOTE=valkery;31553438]Dude, that is just wrong. He got brutally killed by a bear and four of his friends got badly wounded. Now is not the place, nor the time.[/QUOTE]
I can't [I]bear [/I]to hear people make fun of the suffering
[QUOTE=valkery;31553438]Dude, that is just wrong. He got brutally killed by a bear and four of his friends got badly wounded. Now is not the place, nor the time.[/QUOTE]
whats that? I can [i]bear[/i]ly hear you over all these shitty puns
all these comments are just plain [i]ursinine[/i]
Your comments are just [I]bear[/I]baric.
[QUOTE=AlphaGunman;31553591]Your comments are just [I]bear[/I]baric.[/QUOTE]
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What a grizzly way to die
In one sense i don't know what people expect when they're told bears live there and get mauled while camping.
But in another sense its like saying you don't know what people expect when they die in a car crash.
That's sad, especially since he was going to study medicine, and he had an awesome name
Surprised Eton kids don't have guards while they are "camping".
[QUOTE=T1dal;31554404]Surprised Eton kids don't have guards while they are "camping".[/QUOTE]
I don't think the college has enough money left after bribing cambridge and oxford to accept all their students.
They probably pointed at the bear like it was a poor person and it got pissed.
How do you bring up an Eton schoolboy in Norway?
Stick two fingers down a polar bear's throat. :v:
He had nothing to defend himself but his [I]bear[/I] hands? Sad.
I'm hoping the bear was killed by the group in self-defense, rather than afterwards for "safety."
I mean, it's a bear. If you go camping in the woods and have food with you, you should be aware that you're at risk of attracting a bear. This is common knowledge.
It's sad that he died, but the campers should have been prepared. It's the fucking [i]wilderness[/i], not a luxury cruise.
[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;31562312]I'm hoping the bear was killed by the group in self-defense, rather than afterwards for "safety."
I mean, it's a bear. If you go camping in the woods and have food with you, you should be aware that you're at risk of attracting a bear. This is common knowledge.
It's sad that he died, but the campers should have been prepared. It's the fucking [i]wilderness[/i], not a luxury cruise.[/QUOTE]
yea its a bear what are you supposed to do?
i mean its doing whats natural, if you are going out into areas that have dangerous creatures you need to take proper precautions
God damn polar bears, biggest problem we have here in Norway.
[QUOTE=mac338;31565206]God damn polar bears, biggest problem we have here in Norway.[/QUOTE]
Other than batshit insane right-wing extremists, I suppose.
[QUOTE=Chrille;31565557]Other than batshit insane right-wing extremists, I suppose.[/QUOTE]
Polar bear in disguise.
one of my mates goes there, wonder if he knew the kid who died
I wonder if anyone got photos on their kodiak
[QUOTE=mac338;31565206]God damn polar bears, biggest problem we have here in Norway.[/QUOTE]
Here in north sweden we train our childrens from 6 years old and up to ski and fire shotguns. So the polar bears don't get them on their way to school.
I think it's a travesty when an intellectual human being gets killed by a simple minded vicious animal.
[b]edit[/b] But it's also a tragic, yes. Not to sound like a douche.
[QUOTE=Gekkosan;31567174]I think it's a travesty when an intellectual human being gets killed by a simple minded vicious animal.
[b]edit[/b] But it's also a tragic, yes. Not to sound like a douche.[/QUOTE]
Intellectual perhaps, but for all we know he could have been a snob as well, being from Eton.
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