. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. BARKNT8 AT NOVAIA ZKMLAFA. ter Sjdtzborjifen ; ami tho north-western hendlHud hoinj; friujuontcd hy nn iiniiU'MHo niitnher of binln, ho called it Vo^'tisiuif^. On tho iMt (if .Inly 1h' iif^iiin niiuUt Benr TkIiuuI, luid Ikto ho and T^ijp atfrocd to Hoparnlo. Of thu latter wo know unly that ho was unHUccossful in an attonipt to lind an tiptii
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. BARKNT8 AT NOVAIA ZKMLAFA. ter Sjdtzborjifen ; ami tho north-western hendlHud hoinj; friujuontcd hy nn iiniiU'MHo niitnher of binln, ho called it Vo^'tisiuif^. On tho iMt (if .Inly 1h' iif^iiin niiuUt Benr TkIiuuI, luid Ikto ho and T^ijp atfrocd to Hoparnlo. Of thu latter wo know unly that ho was unHUccossful in an attonipt to lind an tiptiiint^ in tho ico on tho oaHt of (Jroonland, and that ho roturnod to Holland in tho winio yoar. Of thi* fornior tho narrativu in {minfully full and intoroHtint^. Quittinj^ lit-nr iHland, ho reached Novaia Ziinlaia on tho 17th of July Hi^htinn; the coast in hit. 74° 40' N. Kct pini,' alonj,' it witii charai'teristii' porsovoranco until tho 7th of AusjUMt, ho passed Capo Comfort; but only to iind himself once more face to face with tho dreary spectacle of tho far-reachinj^ I'olar ice. Tt ho luMnmod and fenced him in on every Bide, that he was unable to extricate hifl vessel from it; and being ilriven into a bay, which he named ic<' Haven, " there. ATTACK ON A IIEAII. they were forced, in «^roat cold, poverty, misery, and j^riefe, to stay all the ; For the heavy pack-ice drifting into the bay closed it up, and closed around the ship until she was hold fast as in iron bonds. Barents and his sixteen followers now prepared to encounter with a good heart the trials of tha long Arctic v/inter-night. They displayed, in truth, a courage, a patience, and a good fellow- ship which were heroic. Finding a large supply of drift-wood, they constructed, with the holj) of planks from the poop and forecastle of the vessel, a sufficiently commodious house, into which thoy removed all their stores and provisions. They fixed a chimney in tho centre of the roof; a Dutch clock was
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