British teen dies as polar bear mauls campers

A TEENAGE boy who was killed by a polar bear in northern Norway was named last night by the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES) as Horatio Chapple, aged 17.

Four other people were injured in the attack, which happened as a party travelling on a BSES expedition were camped on the Von Postbreen glacier near Longyearbyen on Svalbard, north of the Norwegian mainland.

A BSES spokesman said Horatio was a “fine young man” who had planned to read medicine at university.