Cruise Ship Polar Bear

Charges against their employer.

Cruise ship polar bear. CNN A German cruise line is facing outrage after one of its employees shot and killed a wild polar bear in. Installing a GIANT POLAR BEAR on a Cruise Ship - YouTube. National Geographic Endurance is a next-generation expedition ship purpose-built for year-round polar navigation.

Similar to our Realm of the Polar Bear itinerary youll enjoy three additional days of exploring. This case which made international headlines and sparked outrage at the time also saw charges laid against the cruise ship that employed the guards. Polar bear shot in self defense on the island of Phippsøya in the Sjuoyene group north of Spitzbergen 28 July 2018 by guards from a cruise ship photo courtesy Govenor of Svalbard.

The guard sustained moderate injuries. Rough seas ruin Royal Caribbean cruise. Franz Josef Land archipelago The only inhabitants of this vast archipelago are Russian military personnel so the wildlife has been allowed to flourish unhindered.

A polar bear which Norwegian authorities said attacked and injured a cruise ship employee who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole is seen after being shot dead by another employee according to the cruise company in Svalbard July 28 2018. Norwegian prosecutors have dropped the case against two cruise ship crewmembers who shot and killed a polar bear on the island of Phippsøya Svalbard in 2018. Bears likeneed sea-ice as thats where they find seals hauled out to restsleep.

Voyages with a lower chance of seeing Polar bears are ones that travel around the South of Greenland and perhaps even the Northwest Passage trips that operate late in the season. The far northern island archipelago of Spitsbergen also known as Svalbard is located not far from the north. An estimated 3000 polar bears enjoy Svalbards icy climes.

Employees for a German cruise line shot and killed a polar bear on Saturday after it attacked their coworker on the Arctic islands of Svalbard sparking outrage from scientists to celebrities. My early-August polar bear cruise was the first departure of the Expeditions 2019 Arctic season to circumnavigate Spitsbergen so there is something to be said about the ice conditions going later in the summer allowing for further exploration but each year is unique and circumnavigation is certainly not necessary to spot polar bears. A cruise line is experiencing intense scrutiny and backlash after their visit to the Arctic Circle resulted in the tragic death of a polar bear.