Dutch explorers first discovered Bear Island in the late 16th century and ... which is one of the most southern points in Svalbard and is rarely accessible to the white bears via Arctic sea ...

Bear Island's Unique and Changing Ecosystem Bear Island, part of the Svalbard archipelago, is home to foxes, seals, and seabirds. Though polar bears were once spotted there, they are rare.

Svalbard consists of five main islands, Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Edgeøya and Barentsøya, and the ‘outlier’ Bjørnøya (Bear Island). It is a land of surging glaciers, vast fjords and ...

A short film produced during a photographic expedition of the Svalbard Archipelago It takes the natural highlights of the expedition and includes Bråsvellbreen Storøya Alkefjellet polar bears ...