The book is a murder mystery set on the island, tying into its World War II history. In 1979 it was adapted into a film bearing the same name, starring Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Widmark.

May 10, 2021 · The German occupants of the islands knew they’d just lost the war. They were contacted by their leadership in Norway on May 8, 1945, the day Germany surrendered to the Allies. They had to stay on the island for nearly four months after the war ended.

Oct 11, 2013 · In August 1941, 1955 Rus­si­ans and 765 Nor­we­gi­ans were evacua­ted to the UK and the sett­le­ments on Spits­ber­gen lar­ge­ly des­troy­ed to make sure the Ger­mans would not bene­fit from them. This was quick­ly rea­li­sed in Ger­ma­ny, and the oppor­tu­ni­ty was used to estab­lish war wea­ther sta­ti­ons.

On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.

26 January 1944: Isegrim gruppe U-boats damaged HMS Obdurate and sank Liberty ships Penelope Barker, Andrew G. Curtin and Fort Bellingham from convoy JW 56A near Bear Island.

Bear Island is a 1979 thriller film based on Alistair MacLean 's 1971 novel of the same name. It was directed by Don Sharp, and starring Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Barbara Parkins and Lloyd Bridges.

Long after the end of World War II, a submerged U-boat is discovered off an Arctic Island. When mysterious accidents and murders begin to occur as a United Nations expedition investigates, it becomes evident that the U-boat houses a dangerous secret. Based on a …

Oct 2, 2006 · During World War II, the German Navy and Air Force set up this and other weather stations in the farthest reaches of the Arctic, from eastern Greenland to Franz Josef Land, to gather and monitor vital weather data needed for German military …

Oct 2, 2006 · These are all of the cases where a U-boat had anything to do with Bear Island during the war: U-212 VIIC Helmut Vogler. Landed reconnaissance troops on Bear Island to destroy the remains of an Allied weather station in June 1943.

On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.