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Barents, Willem
. The ship is caught in the Arctic ice, and is being piloted by a tender. Barents, a Dutch explorer, was seeking the Northeast Passage, having already made two other such voyages. He died on this final attempt.', copy:'(Image © The Art Archive)'});)
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Dutch explorer and navigator. He made three expeditions to seek the Northeast Passage; he died on the last voyage. The Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean north of Norway, is named after him.
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