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ISBN 13: 978-1-4094-1321-9 (hbk)

WORKS ISSUED BY
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

BARENTSS THREE VOYAGES TO THE ABCTIC REGIONS.

No. LIV.

THE THREE
VOYAGES OF WILLIAM BARENTS
TO THE
ARCTIC REGIONS

(1594, 1595, AND 1596).

BY

GERRIT DE VEER.

FIRST EDITION EDITED BY

CHARLES T, BEKE, P HIL . D,; F.S.A.

1853.

Section Edition, with an Interoduction,

BY

LIEUTENANT KOOLEMANS BEYNEN,

( ROTAL, NETHERLANDS NAVY ).

LONDON:

PRINTER FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

MDCCCLXXVI .

T. RICHARDS, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET, W.O .

COUNCIL
OF
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

T HE R IHHT H ON . S IR DAVID DUNDAS, P RESIDENT .

W. A. TYSSEN AMHURST, E SQ .

R EV . Dr. G.P. BADGER, D.C.L., F.R.G.S.

J. BARROW, E SQ ., F.R.S.

V ICE -A DMIEAL S IR RICHARD COLLINSON, K.C.B

C APTAIN CRUTTENDEN.

EGERTON V. HARCOURT, E SQ .

CHARLES GREY, E SQ .

JOHN WINTER JONES, E SQ ., F.S.A.

R. H. MAJOR, E SQ ., F.S.A.

S IR CHARLES NICHOLSON, B ART ., D.C.L.

V ICB -A DMIBAX ERASMUS OMMANNEY, C.B., F.R.S.

C APTAIN PORCHER, R.N.

T HE L OSD STANLEY OF Alderley.

E DWARD T HOMAS , E SQ ., F.R.S.

CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, C.B., F.R.S., S EC . R.G.S., H ONORARY S ECRETARY .

CONTENTS.

Illustrations.

1. Clock found in the Barents House in Novaya Zemlya
2. Ditto ditto
3. How a frightful, cruel, big bear tare to pieces two of our companions
4. A wonder in the heavens, and how we caught a bear
5. How a bear came unto our boat, and what took place with him
6. How our ship stuck fast in the ice, whereby three of us were nearly lost
7. How the ice heaved up the fore part of our ship
8. How we built a house of wood, wherein to keep ourselves through the winter
9. The exact manner of the house wherein we wintered
10. How we shot a bear, wherefrom we got a good hundred pounds weight of grease
11. How we made ready to sail back again to Holland
12. How we prepared a way whereby we brought our boats and goods to the sea
13. How we were nearly wrecked, and with great danger had to betake ourselves to the ice
14. True portraiture of our boats, and how we nearly got into trouble with the seahorses

Maps.

1. Caerte van Nova Zembla to face T ITLE
2. Caerte vant Noorderste Russen, Samojeden, ende Tingoesen landt

EREATA.

1. Page xxvii, in Note 1, for Zeemosche Bay, read Zeeuwscke Bay.
2. Page lxii, in third line from bottom of page, for Fiele, read Tiele.

T HE Introduction to the second edition of this volume was already printed when the Arctic exploring ships, H.M.S. Alert and Discovery, returned to England, and I avail myself of this opportunity to express the feelings of admiration which the undaunted courage and perseverance displayed by its gallant crews have given rise to abroad ; and to repeat, with warm enthusiasm, that welcome-home which is still finding expression over the whole civilised world.

The year 1876 will undoubtedly be written with golden letters in the annals of English Arctic exploring, for not only the north, but also the north-east, was the scene of English enterprise.

At the same time that Captain Nares and Captain Stephenson, under the most trying circumstances, succeeded in pushing the Government ships through the heavy barriers of ice which obstructed the outlet of Smiths Sound, another Englishman, Mr. Charles Gardiner, boldly penetrated the Kara Sea. Mr. Gardiner visited Barendsz Yshaven. and brought home from thence a valuable collection of highly interesting relics.

The following is a short account of this very successful cruise.

The yacht Glow-worm left Hammerfest (Norway) on June 23rd, and made her first ice on the 4th of July, being about twenty-five miles to westward of Goose Land (Novaya Zemlya). The approach to the land was found to be obstructed by solid icefields, but two days afterwards, Mr. Gardiner succeeded in reaching the land-water, and shaping his course north, he tried to get as far as Cape Nassau.

A continuance of westerly winds having blocked up the west coast entirely, Mr. Gardiner, a few miles north of Matotschkin Schar, was stopped by an impenetrable barrier of ice, which, closing upon the land, stretched itself far away to the westward. Finding the ice barrier which obstructed the entrance of Matotschkin Schar only two miles broad, Mr. Gardiner, under steam and canvas, forced his way through, and on the 20th reached the open water in the Straits. To his great surprise he found the Straits perfectly clear of ice, which, so early in the season, was a very unusual fact.

July 25th, his yacht reached the land-water along the east coast, and shaping her course for White Island, Mr. Gardiner boldly penetrated into the Kara Sea. Having got about thirty miles in that direction, his ship was brought up by a heavy solid pack, which stretched away to the eastward as far as could be seen. Judging that the westerly winds would have cleared the east coast of Novaya Zemlya, Mr. Gardiner steered north, with the intention of trying, if possible, to reach Barendsz Yshaven.

The weather now became most trying. Continual fogs, numerous icebergs, and, at intervals, ice all round, made the navigation in these almost unknown waters very dangerous. The little ship for many days had to grope her way along the coast like a blind man, but Mr. Gardiner, never yielding to all these dangers and obstacles, had the well-earned satisfaction of entering Yshaven at eight oclock in the morning of the 29th of July. Finding the bay still filled up with fast ice, he anchored outside of it.

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