Tourist fined £900 for getting too close to a walrus

The tourist getting close to the walrus in the Svalberg, Norway (Picture: The Governor of Svalbard)A tourist has been fined the equivalent of £900 for getting to close to a walrus in Arctic Norway.Members of the public saw the man walk out onto an ice floe in the Svalberg Archipeligo on Wednesday where he ‘disturbed a walrus that was lying the ice’, say authorities.It is against the law to cause unnecessary disturbance to wildlife in Svalberg, which lies halfway between the nor