Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The yacht Glow-worm left Hammerfest (norway) on June 23rd, and made her first ice on the 4th of July, being about twenty-five miles to westward of Goose Land (novaya Zemlya). The approach to the land was found to be obstructed by solid icefields, but two days afterwards, Mr. Gardiner succeeded in reaching the land-water, and shaping his course north, he tried to get as far as Cape Nassau.