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Around the end of the sixteenth century, several expiditions tried to establish a north-east passage to Asia, but fog, pack-ice, and the confusing geography of the coast of Russia proved consistently confusing. No one pursued a north-east passage with such tenacious skill as the Dutch sailing-master William Barents.Unwin, Rayner is the author of 'Winter Away from Home William Barents and the North-East Passage', published 1995 under ISBN 9780924486852 and ISBN 0924486856.
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