After chasing for about a week, an American rescued from the clutches of a bear in Alaska

The US Coast Guard in Alaska announced that it had rescued by helicopter a man who had been repeatedly attacked by a grizzly bear in his camp.

The American newspaper "New York Times" indicated that the fifty-year-old man was alone in a camp for miners, 40 kilometers from the isolated town of Nome, where he was attacked by a gray bear who dragged him into the river, where the man managed to escape, adding that the man who was carrying a gun Over the course of about a week, he was repeatedly attacked by the same bear.

During their flight last Friday between the towns of Kotzebue and Nome in west-central Alaska, members of a Coast Guard helicopter crew noticed a "distress signal over a hut" at a miners' camp, before a man waved them to the ground.

According to the Coast Guard, "the crew members disembarked from their helicopter and contacted the man who needed medical attention after he was attacked by a bear a few days ago."

The man, who had injuries to his leg and torso, was taken by helicopter to Nome for treatment.

The man recounted that the grizzly bear that attacked him returned to the camp repeatedly and continued to pester him every night for a whole week, and in the meantime his friends noticed his absence because he did not go to sleep on the appointed day.

The American state of Alaska, which crosses the Arctic Circle, is home to black, polar and gray bears, including the Kodiak bear, which is considered one of the largest of these animals in the world.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife website notes that it is common for locals or visitors to see bears "usually within walking distance."