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Ingår i en serie dedicerad till äventyraren Willem Barentsz (anglifierat som William Barents eller Barentz) (född cirka 1550 - död 20:e Juni 1597) var en holländsk navigator, kartograf, utforskare, och ledare av tidiga expeditioner till arktis. |
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First voyage
On 5 June 1594 Barentsz left the island of Texel aboard the small ship Mercury, as part of a group of three ships sent out in separate directions to try and enter the Kara Sea, with the hopes of finding the Northeast passage above Siberia. Between 23 and 29 June, Barentsz stayed at Kildin Island.
On 9 July, the crew encountered a polar bear for the first time. After shooting it with a musket when it tried to climb aboard the ship, the seamen decided to capture it with the hope of bringing it back to Holland. Once leashed and brought aboard the ship however, the bear rampaged and had to be killed. This occurred in Bear Creek, Williams Island.
Upon discovering the Orange Islands, the crew came across a herd of approximately 200 walruses and tried to kill them with hatchets and pikes. Finding the task more difficult than they imagined, they left with only a few ivory tusks.
Barentsz reached the west coast of Novaya Zemlya, and followed it northward before being forced to turn back in the face of large icebergs. Although they did not reach their ultimate goal, the trip was considered a success.
[Willem Barentsz, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willem_Barentsz&oldid=593315780 (retreived Feb. 9, 2014)]