A woman who went missing six days ago in Australia's Snowy Mountains region has been found by emergency services after a massive search and rescue operation.
Police say photographer Lovisa Sjoberg suffered a snake bite while lost in the remote New South Wales mountains and had to be treated for her injuries at the scene before be rushed to hospital.
Sjoberg, 48, regularly visits Kosciuszko National Park where she takes photos as part of a project documenting wild horses living in the mountains.
Police said he was last spoken to on October 8.
Fears for her safety grew after a car rental company reported her car had not been returned and she could not be contacted. His car was later found unlocked and abandoned.
New South Wales Police appealed on October 21 to the public for help in locating her and launched a large-scale search using sniffer dogs, firefighters, park rangers and a helicopter with infrared capabilities.
Concerns grew after rescue teams failed to find her after several days and temperatures in the area surrounding Kosciuszko National Park fell to zero degrees overnight.
Sjoberg was found Sunday afternoon local time by a National Parks and Wildlife Service agent on the Nungar Creek Trail in 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.
