Prague mayor reported to be climbing South Pole mountain

There is uncertainty over the whereabouts of the mayor of Prague, Pavel Bém. While Mr Bém’s office would only say that he was “in the mountains”, the news website aktualne.cz said it had information that he was climbing Mount Vinson, the highest peak in the Antarctic. In 2007 Prague’s mayor was criticised for taking two months off to climb Mount Everest.