Beare-eilân: ferskil tusken ferzjes
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== Skiednis ==
Men tinkt dat de [[Wytsingen]] al op it eilân west hawwe, mar der is gjin bewiis. De earste beskriuwing fan Beareneilân is fan [[Willem Barentsz]], dy't dêr wie op syn tredde ekspedysje yn [[1596]]. Yn de neifolgjende ieuwen is is it eilân wol brûkt as stasjon foar de [[walfiskfeart]], mar der ûntstie gjin permaninte bewenning. Eggs of seabirds were harvested from the large bird colonies until 1971. Starting in the early 17th century, the island was used mainly as a base for the hunting of [[walrus]] and other [[pinniped|seal]] species.<ref> Circumpolar Seabird Working Group [http://arcticportal.org/caff/cbird 2001][http://arcticportal.org/uploads/q8/qo/q8qoUGSfI0InO8Oi1SW23Q/Technical-no-9.pdf PDF: ''Seabird harvest regimes in the circumpolar nations'']</ref>
The strategic value of Bear Island was recognised in the late 19th century, when [[Imperial Russia]] and [[Imperial Germany]] demonstrated their interests in the Barents Sea.
From 1916 to 1925 [[coal]] was mined at a small settlement named ''Tunheim'' on the northeastern coast, but mining was given up as unprofitable. Due to the cold and dry climate, the remains of the settlement, including a half-destroyed jetty and a steam locomotive, are relatively well preserved.
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