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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA, 
[chap. 
Zemlya, and beyond this island to the Kara Sea, and they 
penetrated farther than all their predecessors. In the history 
of the North-east Passage therefore some pages must always be 
devoted to the bold voyages to Novaya Zemlya of these small 
hunting sloops, provisioned only for the summer. 
KLLING CAKLSEN. 
Born at Tromsoe in 1810. 
The Norwegian hunter who first visited Novaya Zemlya was 
Elling Carlsen, afterwards known as a member of the 
Austrian Polar expedition. In 1868 he sailed in a sloop from 
Hammerfest on a hunting voyage eastward, forced his way into 
the Kara Sea through the Kara Port, but soon returned through 
Yugor Schar, and then sailed northwards as far as Cape Nassau. 
Induced by the abundance of game, he returned next year to the 
