Astronomical observations during Willem Barents's third voyage to the North (1596-97)

• Main Author: van der Werf, Siebren Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: arctic; Novaya Zemlya; Willem Barents; Gerrit de Veer; wintering; Northeast Passage; astronomical observations; magnetic variation; Novaya Zemlya effect; Arctic; Jupiter
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/386bd3a2-1678-4de9-ae84-076f7d104eec; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/386bd3a2-1678-4de9-ae84-076f7d104eec; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/66571374/40488393.pdf

During Willem Barents's third voyage to the North and the wintering on Novaya Zemlya (1596-97), many astronomical observations were made. Solar declinations quoted in the diary of Gerrit de Veer indicate that the journal dates are correct within three days and that the Gregorian calendar was us...