Willem Barentsz
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Willem Barentsz, anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
Barentz flagship Gulden Windthunde nearly collided with that of the Vice Admiral on the second voyage 6 August 1595
Crew of Willem Barentsz fighting a polar bear
Willem Barentsz's ship amidst the Arctic ice
Het Behouden Huys on Novaya Zemlya
Bjørnøya
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Bear Island is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago. The island is located at the limits of the Norwegian and Barents seas, approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the N
Willem Barentsz
…and the Kara Sea in his first two voyages, but was turned back on both occasions by ice. During a third expedition, the crew discovered Spitsbergen and Bear Island, but subsequently became stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return voyage in 1597. The Barents Sea, among many other…
Remnants of a whaling station at Kvalrossbukta, Bear Island
Bear Island (Norway)
Hammerfest house from 1822
Stappen bird cliffs