University outdoor studies teacher mauled by bear

A man who teaches classes on the outdoors is in hospital after he was mauled by a bear during a mountaineering lesson in the Alaska Panhandle.

Forest Wagner, 35, of Fairbanks, Alaska, was with a group of 12 students on Mount Emmerich near Haines on Monday when he was attacked, according to University of Alaska Southeast spokeswoman Kate Bausler.