The Ice Bear

At about midday today it was reported that sightings of a Polar bear were made Near the town of Saudarkrokur in the north of Iceland. It seems the Bear had given a few motorists a shock as it wandered along a mountain road.

Polar Bear's are not frequent visitor's to Iceland, they Swim from floating ice which originates from Greenland and usually make land fall in the north. There is even some who suggest that it could be possible for a bear to swim the entire distance between Greenland and Iceland.

This bear was rather a skinny one (only about 250 kgs in weight) suggesting that it had indeed swam a very long way.

Unfortunately, this one didn't last long before a decision was taken to shoot it. Its a sad thing that such a magnificent beast like this should be shot, but it was deemed too dangerous to have a hungry Polar Bear roaming around on open farmland.