 On 5 August 2011, a starving polar bear in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard attacked a party of university students, who were undertaking an expedition organised by the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES), who had camped near the Von Post glacier, some 25 miles (40 km) from the settlement of Longyearbyen.The bear was reported as being starving and emaciated.The BSES party of eighty members had planned their trip to run from 23 July to 28 August – the trip was cut short after the incident.