The woman, who has not been named, was part of a tour group of 25 people camping in Sveasletta, in the central part of the Svalbard archipelago, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of mainland Norway. The campsite was across a fjord from Longyearbyen, the main settlement on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Authorities flew to the area by helicopter after receiving word of the attack just before 8.30am, according to Ch Supt Stein Olav Bredli. “The French woman was injured in the hand. Shots were fired at the polar bear, which was scared away from the area,” he said. Further details of her injuries were not released. The injured woman was airlifted to hospital in Longyearbyen. Bradley said the polar bear was injured and that “our people at the site are looking into what to do with it.” Svalbard is dotted with polar bear warnings. Visitors who choose to sleep outdoors receive stern warnings from the authorities that people must carry firearms. At least five people have been killed by polar bears since the 1970s. The last time it happened was in 2020, when a 38-year-old Dutch man was killed. An estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. In 2015, a polar bear dragged a Czech tourist out of his tent as he and others camped north of Longyearbyen, clawing at his back before being shot away. The bear was later found and killed by authorities.