Norway fines tourist guide for scaring polar bear. Poor bear?

A tourist takes a picture of a stuffed polar bear in the centre of Longyearbyen, a community that counts 3,000 polar bears. Photo: AFP

Usually the humans are scared of the wild animals. But in the far-north of Norway, an Arctic tourist guide has been fined €1,300  (RM6,611) for scaring off a polar bear.

When a group of tourists on a snowmobile expedition in May spotted a bear standing still, 900m away, their guide decided to approach the predator to take a closer look.