The Dutch navigator Willem Barents (died 1597) was his country's renowned Arctic explorer, having discovered Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea. Willem Barents was born on the island of Terschelling off the Friesland coast of the Netherlands. He became...

Willem Barents Born c. 1550, Terschelling Island, The Netherlands Died June 20, 1597, Barents Sea During the sixteenth century the great maritime powers of Spain and Portugal largely controlled the trade routes to Africa and Asia. The country we now...

1550?-1597 Dutch Navigator The name Willem Barents is almost as well known to Dutch children as Hans Brinker, hero of the famous finger-in-the-dyke folk story. Born around 1550, Barents went on to a naval career that brought him a permanent place in...

The sixteenth century saw the rise of two new Western European powers, England and Holland, each of which had hopes of building international trading empires. Both, however, recognized that Spanish and Portuguese dominance prevented them from plying...

1 Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, RijksUniversiteit Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747AA Groningen, The Netherlands; vdwerf@kwi.nl (Received 3 March 1997; accepted in revised form 26 November 1997) ABSTRACT. During Willem Barents's third voyage to the North and the wintering on Novaya Zemlya (1596-97), many...

For an entire year, a group of six oil companies has been busy analysing the date from their exploration activity in the Barents Sea. Now, with the world complete, the group has decided to continue its joint exploration efforts in that sea --...