Search for Barents: Evaluation of Possible Burial Sites on North Novaya Zemlya, Russia

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Zeeberg, Jaapjan J., Floore, Pieter M., Maat, George J.R., Gawronskli, Jerzy H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: Novaya Zemlya; Willem Barents; historical archeology; Arctic exploration; cairns; burial rituals; cartography; Nouvelle-Zemble; archéologie historique; exploration arctique; rites funéraires; cartographie; Arctic; Renard; Rock Pile; Tempêtes; Arctique*; ours polaire; polar bear; Spitzberg; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63773

Three cairns on northernmost Novaya Zemlya identified as possible rock-pile graves by Russian investigators in 1977 and 1988 were located and inspected for human remains. These cairns are in the area visited by Dutch seafarers between 17 and 22 June 1597, after their wintering on Novaya Zemlya, and...