A missing woman was discovered with a snake bite after being lost for six days in the mountains.
A woman who went missing six days ago in Australia's Snowy Mountains has been found by emergency services following an extensive search and rescue operation.
Photographer Lovisa Sjoberg, 48, was discovered after suffering a snake bite while lost in the remote mountains of New South Wales. She received treatment at the scene before being rushed to the hospital.
Sjoberg, a frequent visitor to Kosciuszko National Park where she documents wild horses, was last heard from on 8 October. Concerns grew when her rental car was found abandoned and unlocked after it was reported overdue.
On 21 October, New South Wales police issued a public appeal to assist in the search. Rescue teams, including sniffer dogs, park rangers, firefighters, and a helicopter equipped with infrared technology, were deployed. Temperatures had dropped as low as zero degrees overnight, intensifying fears for her safety.
Sjoberg was found Sunday afternoon by a National Parks and Wildlife Service officer on the Nungar Creek Trail near Kiandra.
"A woman missing from the Snowy Mountains region since last week has been located following a large-scale search by emergency services," New South Wales police said in a statement.
