Bear Mauling Victim Is Rescued 36 Hours Later

A hunter who was mauled by a brown bear in remote region in Alaska has survived 36 hours in the wilderness until he was rescued.

The man was part of a group on a hunting trip about 30 miles north of Anaktuvuk Pass, a tiny village in the Gates of the Arctic National Park.

He was identified by the Alaskan newspaper Anchorage Daily News as hunting guide James Tuttle.

Initial rescue efforts by local search teams and by the Alaska State Troopers were turned back because of dense fog, and the he Alaska Air National Guard was called in.

Crews equipped with night-vision goggles and flares staged a middle-of-the-night rescue, and managed to find him amid low clouds and difficult conditions.

Mr Tuttle had suffered severe blood loss and other injuries, but a medical professional who happened to be in a nearby hunting party reached him soon after the attack.

The Brooks Range mountains are seen in the backdrop

Officials credited the medical professional with saving the man's life.

"He was able to decrease the blood loss and maintain life until help could arrive," said Master Sergeant Armando Soria, a search and rescue controller with the coordination centre.

"He provided expert care with limited resource for several hours, ultimately stabilising, warming and re-hydrating the victim."

Mr Tuttle was brought to an Air Force base, and then taken by ambulance to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

He was reported in a stable condition this weekend.

Parajumper Chris Bowerfind, who was part of the rescue mission, told the Anchorage Daily News that Mr Tuttle was in good spirits and cracking jokes despite looking like "he'd gone a couple rounds with a UFC fighter".

Mr Tuttle told Mr Bowerfind he was walking to the caribou carcass when the bear attacked him on Alaska's remote Brooks Range.

"The only thing he remembers is hearing a grunt and a grumble from the brush, and as he turned he said she was right on top of him," Mr Bowerfind recounted.

The bear batted at Mr Tuttle, then walked away only to charge again in a second attack that appeared to inflict most of the injuries, Mr Bowerfind said.

Nonetheless, Mr Bowerfind said he was surprised at how well Mr Tuttle seemed to be faring.

"He was a great patient, all things considered. Just in a lot of pain."

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