Icebound : Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World (Hardcover)

from Chalkstone

This “forgotten history” of William Barents is certainly in need of retelling. Based on two accounts of the three voyages of William Barents to Nova Zembla in the 1590s, it is required reading for all fans of Ernest Shackleton. It lays out in snappy 21st Century English the original 16th Century ...

from FormerEnglishTeacher

An incredibly researched tale of the adventure of 16th Century Dutch explorer William Barents' attempt to find a path from northern Europe to China over the North Pole. The book covers three different expeditions but concentrates on Barents' third trip, which lasted an unplanned year. During that...

from Stbalbach

Before reading Icebound I was so confused about William Barents I thought he was of Bering Straight. Wrong. This is "Barents" from the Netherlands who explored the Arctic in the 1590s (!) - not far from the Middle Ages. Barents was the first to attempt a northeast passage sailing from Europe to C...

from Stbalbach

Before reading Icebound I was so confused about William Barents I thought he was of Bering Straight. Wrong. This is "Barents" from the Netherlands who explored the Arctic in the 1590s (!) - not far from the Middle Ages. Barents was the first to attempt a northeast passage sailing from Europe to C...