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A woman missing for six days in Australia\u2019s Snowy Mountains has been found “dazed and injured” by emergency services after a massive search and rescue operation.<\/p>\n
New South Wales (NSW) Police said Lovisa Sjoberg was located on Sunday afternoon local time, suffering from a suspected snake bite, dehydration and a rolled ankle.<\/p>\n
The avid photographer was treated for her injuries at the scene, before being rushed to hospital, where she is in a stable condition.<\/p>\n
Sjoberg, 48, is a regular visitor to the remote Kosciuszko National Park, where she often documents wild horses living in the mountains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Fears grew for her safety after a hire car company reported that her car had not been returned and she could not be contacted. Her car was later found unlocked and abandoned. <\/p>\n
NSW Police launched an appeal on 21 October to the public to help find her and began a widescale search using sniffer dogs, firefighters, park rangers and a helicopter with infra-red capabilities.<\/p>\n
Concerns increased after rescue teams failed to find her after several days and temperatures in the area surrounding Kosciuszko National Park dropped as low as zero degrees at night.<\/p>\n
Sjoberg was found on Sunday afternoon local time by a National Parks and Wildlife Service officer on the Nungar Creek Trail at Kiandra.<\/p>\n
Supt Toby Lindsay told media that Sjoberg had been “wandering [for] days” through “tough” bushland, and told rescuers she believed she had been bitten by a copperhead snake four days earlier.<\/p>\n
The species tends to be shy rather than aggressive, but their venom is a powerful neurotoxin and can be fatal without medical intervention.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s in fact very fortunate to be alive… she obviously went through a tough time,” Supt Lindsay said.<\/p>\n
He added that she was now in a “reasonable condition” and is ” happy to be alive”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n