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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
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the July, liO further advance could be made for ice, which 
still lay close to the shore. During the stay here there were 
several adventures with bears, all of which came off successfully. 
In consequence of ice obstacles their progress was exceedingly 
slow, so that it was not until the ^|th August that they reached 
the Orange Islands. The following day several of the crew 
ascended a high mountain, from which they saw open water 
BARKNTS’ AND IiI.TP’s VESSELS. 
From De Veer. 
on the other side of an island. As glad at the sight of the 
sea as the ten thousand under Xenophon, they rushed back 
to the vessel to give Barents the important news. He now 
did all he could to pass the north extremity of Novaya Zemlya. 
He was successful in doing so, and on the ~st a haven, situated 
in about the latitude of 76° North, was reached with great 
difficulty, but all attempts to sail eastwards from it were 
