. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . RELICS OF THE DUTCH BARENTZS HOi;SE AT ICE-HAVEN. CHAPTER AND NORWEGIAN EXPEDITIONS. The story of the Dutch expedition which winteredat Nova Zembla in 1596 has been related in ChapterIV. This voyage of Barentz, though the first,remained the only one which had rounded that north-east point of Nova Zembla; and the house of Barentzwas unvisited for two hundred and seventy-eightyears. But the spell was brok
. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . RELICS OF THE DUTCH BARENTZS HOi;SE AT ICE-HAVEN. CHAPTER AND NORWEGIAN EXPEDITIONS. The story of the Dutch expedition which winteredat Nova Zembla in 1596 has been related in ChapterIV. This voyage of Barentz, though the first,remained the only one which had rounded that north-east point of Nova Zembla; and the house of Barentzwas unvisited for two hundred and seventy-eightyears. But the spell was broken in 1871. EllingCarlsen, a Norwegian captain, who had been engagedin the North Sea trade for eighteen years, sailed fromHammerfest on the 16th of May, in a sloop of sixtytons, called the Solid. He reached the Ice Havenof Barentz September 7th, and on the 9th saw a housestanding at the head of the bay. The materials hadevidently belonged to a ship, and among them wereseveral oak beams. Round the house were standingseveral large puncheons, and there were also heaps of:reindeer, seal, bear, and walrus bones. The interior isdescribed by Captain Carlsen exactly as representedin the curious old draw
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