Last week, a polar bear attacked a German researcher in East Greenland. The researcher, part of a team on Traill Island, encountered the bear on Friday morning.
According to Greenland police, no one else was injured. The man was evacuated and then transferred to a hospital in Iceland. His condition was stable as of Saturday, July 27.
The bear was shot after the incident, but it is unclear if the researchers or the police took action.
The attack follows the shooting of two polar bears last week in Ittoqqortoormiit on the East Coast for straying into town, as well as an observed increase in bears across Greenland.
