CNN Top News｜一男子因使用雾号喇叭惊扰熟睡北极熊被罚款5000美元

A person has been fined for sounding a foghorn that woke a slumbering polar bear in Norways Svalbard archipelago, the regions governor said in a statement.

The incident occurred earlier in August when someone used the booming, low-pitched horn, usually reserved for maritime warnings, aboard a vessel that had been sailing in a fjord in northern Svalbard, the Arctic island group that sits roughly halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

A fine of 50,000 kroner (around $5,300) was issued to the perpetrator on Thursday after the governor of Svalbard deemed the action to be disturbing to the polar bear and conducted intentionally.

Environmental protection laws in Svalbard state that it is prohibited to unnecessarily disturb, lure or pursue polar bears, a species protected by international law since 1973.

Regulations also stipulate that no one may get closer than 300 meters (984 feet) from a polar bear between July and February. Between March and June, the mammals typical mating season, the no-go zone increases to 500 meters (1,640 feet).

It has been illegal to hunt polar bears on Svalbard since they received protected status.

An estimated 3,000 polar bears live in the Svalbard and Barents Sea region a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters.

While many are known to migrate to the remote archipelago of Franz Josef Land in Russias northernmost territory, and the count of the apex predators on Svalbard varies throughout the year, around 300 remain there year-round.

Governor Lars Fause explained in his statement that when the vessel sailed past the animal its occupants are said to have spotted a polar bear sleeping on land.

A person on board then used the ships foghorn, waking the animal, which moved to another location.

The individual has agreed to pay the penalty.

Fines for disrupting animals in the Svalbard region have been handed out before.

In 2024, a tourist was fined 12,500 kroner ($1,300) after attempting to approach a walrus.

Members of the public alerted officials and the man was intercepted by the governors employees.

挪威斯瓦尔巴群岛地区总督在一份声明中表示，一名男子因鸣响雾笛惊醒了熟睡的北极熊而被处以罚款。

这起事件发生于8月上旬，当时一艘航行在斯瓦尔巴群岛北部峡湾的船只上，有人使用了通常用于海上警告的洪亮低沉号角。斯瓦尔巴群岛是北极地区的岛群，大致位于挪威本土与北极点之间的中间位置。

周四，斯瓦尔巴总督认定肇事者故意惊扰北极熊，遂对其处以5万克朗（约合5300美元）罚款。

斯瓦尔巴群岛环境保护法规定，禁止“无故惊扰、引诱或追逐北极熊”——这一物种自1973年起便受到国际法保护。

法规还规定，每年7月至2月期间，任何人不得靠近北极熊300米（984英尺）范围内。而在3月至6月北极熊典型的交配季节期间，这一禁区范围将扩大至500米（1640英尺）。

自北极熊被列为保护物种以来，在斯瓦尔巴群岛猎杀它们便属违法行为。

据估计，约有3000头北极熊栖息在斯瓦尔巴群岛和巴伦支海区域——这片北冰洋的边缘海被划分为挪威与俄罗斯的领海。

尽管已知许多北极熊会迁徙至俄罗斯最北端领土的偏远群岛——法兰士约瑟夫地群岛，且斯瓦尔巴群岛上的顶级捕食者数量全年波动，但仍有约300头常年栖息于此。

州长拉尔斯·福瑟在声明中解释称，当船只经过该动物时，据称船上人员发现一只北极熊正在陆地上睡觉。

船上人员随后鸣响雾笛，惊醒了该生物，使其转移至另一处地点。

该当事人已同意支付罚款。

此前，斯瓦尔巴地区已对干扰动物的行为开出过罚单。

2024年，一名游客因试图靠近海象被罚款1.25万克朗（约合1300美元）。

民众向官员举报后，该男子被州长的工作人员拦截。