A Winter Away from Home
Author: Rayner Unwin
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 0924486856
Category: History
Page: 263
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Language: en
Pages: 263
Pages: 263
The first West Europeans to winter in the high Arctic and survive, Dutch sailing-master William Barents and his 16-member crew battled scurvy, hunger, the assaults of bears, and the intense winter cold, then made a 1,600-mile escape in open boats. Barents died on the way home, but his voyage was
Language: en
Pages: 263
Pages: 263
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