William Barents and his crew wintering in the Arctic during their third Arctic expedition of 1596. Led by the Dutch navigator and explorer William Barents (), the expedition attempted to find the Northeast Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacif
William Barents and his crew wintering in the Arctic during their third Arctic expedition of 1596. Led by the Dutch navigator and explorer William Barents (), the expedition attempted to find the Northeast Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. After their ship was trapped in the ice, the crew of 16 spent the winter in this shelter (Het Behouden Huys, The Kept House) that they built on Novaya Zemlya. The structure (33 by 20 feet) was discovered three centuries later by a Norwegian fisherman. The clock (upper right), bathtub (right) and a written report by Barents were all discovered intact, along with other items the crew had used. The large chimney was designed as an emergency exit, should the house get buried in snow. Barents died in June of 1597 as he attempted to escape from the Arctic. This engraving is from The Three voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (Amsterdam, circa 1600) by Gerrit de Veer, a member of the third expedition. The Barents Sea, Barentsburg and Barents Region were all named after William Barents.
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