Books* Bear Island: The story of an isolated arctic island – exploration, people, culture and nature by Dag KjelldahlGeneral information* Website of the meteorological station on Bear Island* Report to the Storting (1999–2000) on Svalbard by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police – extensive report on political, administrative, economical and scientific matters relating to SvalbardTime Zone* TimeGenie.com – Central Europe Time zone.
Največja žival na otoku je arktična lisica.