Scott and Patrick, who is being treated at Southampton Hospital, were among four survivors injured on Friday at Spitsbergen island off Norway when a bear attacked their campsite.

BBC: Scott Bennell-Smith

The whales, known also as belugas, dived regularly to the bottom of Storfjorden, off the east coast of the main island of Spitsbergen, reaching areas it would have been difficult to monitor from a ship.

BBC: Whales probe Arctic fjord's secrets

Over the last twenty years more than 5000 kilometers of ice has passed beneath my skis during numerous expeditions to both poles, as well as treks across Greenland, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Ellesmere Island and the Patagonian Icecap.

CNN: The story