Bear island

A Norwegian group of islands located about 650 miles (1,050 kilometers) from the North Pole—the northernmost year-round settlement on Earth, with a population of about 2,200.

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Mormont Keep is the seat of House Mormont on Bear Island in the north. It is a wood-walled castle with a smoky keep.[1] The Mormonts' hall is built of huge logs and is surrounded by an earthen palisade.[2] On the gate there is a carving of a woman in a bearskin with a babe suckling at her breast in one arm and a battleaxe in the other.[3]

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The south coast of Bear Island (Bjørnøya), Svalbard, Norway, can be mysteriously alluring in the fog.

Bear Island[1] is a remote island in the North of Westeros, and the ancestral home of House Mormont, vassals of House Stark of Winterfell. It lies within the Bay of Ice on the western coast of the North. The island remains relatively poor. It is densely forested with a large bear population which earned the island its name. People who hail from this island are strong, hardy, loyal and no-nonsense. This is best exemplified by its liege lords House Mormont. During the Age of Heroes, Rodrik…