Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER XXXI.--Attempts of the Dutch to discover a Northeast

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Passage--Voyage of Wilhelm Barentz--Arrival at Nova Zembla--Winter Quarters--Building a House--Fights with Bears--The Sun Disappears--The Clock Stops, and the Beer Freezes--The House is Snowed up--The Hot-Ache--Fox-Traps--Twelfth Night--Return of the Sun--The Ships prove Unseaworthy--Preparations to Depart in the Boats--Death of Barentz--Arrival at Amsterdam--Results of the Voyage 297