Clock found in the Barents’ House in Novaya Zemlya i Relics found in the Barents’ House xlix ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ib. Instrument for finding Longitude lvi How a frightful, cruel, big bear tare to pieces two of our companions 63 A wonder in the heavens, and how we caught a bear 77 How a bear came unto our boat, and what took place with him 78 How our ship stuck fast in the ice, whereby three of us were nearly lost 99 How the ice heaved up the fore part of our ship 100 How we built a house of wood, wherein to keep ourselves through the winter 108 The exact manner of the house wherein we wintered 128 How we shot a bear, wherefrom we got a good hundred pounds’ weight of grease 154 How we made ready to sail back again to Holland 180 How we prepared a way whereby we brought our boats and goods to the sea 188 How we were nearly wrecked, and with great danger had to betake ourselves to the ice 196 True portraiture of our boats, and how we nearly got into trouble with the seahorses 218 MAPS. Caerte van Nova Zembla to face Title Caerte van’t Noorderste Russen, Samojeden, ende Tingoesen landt lxxxvii ERRATA. Page xxvii, in Note 1, for Zeemosche Bay, read Zeeuwsche Bay. Page lxii, in third line from bottom of page, for Fiele, read Tiele. POSTSCRIPT. The Introduction to the second edition of this volume was already printed when the Arctic exploring ships, H.M.S. Alert and Discovery, returned to England, and I avail myself of this opportunity to express the feelings of admiration which the undaunted courage and perseverance displayed by its gallant crews have given rise to abroad; and to repeat, with warm enthusiasm, that “welcome-home” which is still finding expression over the whole civilised world. The year 1876 will undoubtedly be written with golden letters in the annals of English Arctic exploring, for not only the north, but also the north-east, was the scene of English enterprise. At the same time that Captain Nares and Captain Stephenson, under the most trying circumstances, succeeded in pushing the Government ships through the heavy barriers of ice which obstructed the outlet of Smith’s Sound, another Englishman, Mr. Charles Gardiner, boldly penetrated the Kara Sea. Mr. Gardiner visited Barendsz Yshaven, and brought home from thence a valuable collection of highly interesting relics.