Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Shipwrecked at the Edge of the WorldConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 876, Segment 1

Feb 17, 2021 • 32m

Funded by Dutch investors hoping to find a quick passage to establish trade with China, William Barents and his men voyaged into the icy Arctic, losing their ship and fighting off cold, hunger, and polar bears. Guest: Andrea Pitzer, journalist and author of "Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World"

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