The bleak little island so close to the North Pole only 9 people live there | World | News
Bear Island is a small island between Spitsbergen and North Cape on the borders of Norway and the Barents Sea. Norway is the southernmost island of the Svalbard Archipelago.
In 1596, Willem Barentsz and Jacob Van Hamsscck, two Dutch explorers, discovered the island during their discovery to find Asia to find the North Sea Road. After a polar bear they saw that they had swimming nearby, they named Bear Island. Due to its remote location and barren floor, the island remains deserted, except for nine people working on the meteorological station and radio station Bjornoya radio.
The station, which dates back to 1919, began as a Norwegian radio station before expanding a meteorological station. Today, the station in Herwighamna, a small port on the northern coast of the island, makes meteorological observations and offers logistics and telecommunication services, including radio clock.
Bear Island saw a series of other commercial activities. In the past centuries, coal mining, fishing and whale hunting welcomed.
The first initiative for coal mining began in 1898, but Bjornoen failed as a coal mine business in Tuheim Village from 1916 to 1925 and failed before it was released and destroyed during World War II.
Since 2002, the island and adjacent waters have been declared a nature reserve. The reserve covers the entire candidate except 1.2 miles around the meteorological station.
The island is also an area of interest for the Norwegian Pole Institute for annual flights, especially for Ornitological (Work of Birds).
Although it is extremely difficult to reach the island, there are opportunities for travelers to visit. The challenging land of the island makes it difficult to land on the island.
The northern region is flat, full of lakes and the southern region is mountainous. The highest mountain is mysserfjellet, 1.758 feet height. Therefore, the main way to visit the island is ship or zodiac boats.
Oceanwide Expedations, South Spitsbergen, Bear Island and Norway, offer a chance to “explore the world of glaciers, solid peaks and striking fjords” by offering an experience of five nights lasting.
