Solar Eclipse Tourist Attacked By Polar Bear

A polar bear has attacked a tourist on an island where thousands of people are planning to watch the solar eclipse on Friday.

The victim - part of a group of six on a snowscooter and skiing tour - was flown by helicopter to hospital after the bear was shot dead.

The man suffered injuries to the face and arm but his life is not in danger, a police spokesman said.

The nationality of the injured man is not yet known.

The man escaped after the polar bear was shot dead. Pic: File

Another member of the group was taken to hospital with frost-bite not linked to the attack on Svalbard, an Arctic island off Norway. 

The Norwegian Arctic islands of Svalbard, about 800 miles (1,300 km) from the North Pole, and the Faroe Islands to the south, are the only places on land from which viewers will be able to see the moon totally block the sun.

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A partial eclipse will be visible across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia, briefly disrupting production of solar power in Europe as the sun dims.

Svalbard has warned tourists of the risks of bears and of freezing temperatures, expected to be around -18C on Friday, with partly cloudy skies.

The archipelago, which has about 2,500 residents, is expecting some 2,000 visitors for the eclipse, while The Faroe Islands expect about 8,000 visitors to swell their population of 50,000.

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   Solar eclipses occur due to an unlikely coincidence. The Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, and the Moon is 400 times closer to Earth. As a result, they can align perfectly.

The last notable solar eclipse was in 1999, and the next will be in 2026. Britain will not witness 'totality' - full coverage of the sun - until 2090.

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