ONE of the British youths attacked by a polar bear in the Norwegian Arctic had to have its teeth removed from his skull, as the uninjured survivors prepared to return home.

Plans are being made to bring home the remaining members of an expedition party rocked by a polar bear attack that left a British schoolboy dead.

The grieving family of the Englist schoolboy who was killed by a polar bear while on an adventure holiday in north Norway paid tribute to him today as “strong, fearless and kind”.

Four British people injured in a polar bear attack while on an adventure holiday in north Norway have undergone surgery and are recovering in hospital, medical staff said today.