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22 November 2010

Before this race was proposed, most of us probably only knew the name "Barentsz" in association with a body of water in N Europe (that's if we knew it at all!). The Barentsz Sea was named after a Dutch 16th century explorer, Willem Barentsz, who was born in Terschelling (the SOL Race Start point), Barentsz trained as a cartographer and assisted in preparing an atlas of S Europe but is better known for his attempts to find a North East Passage round the top of the world. SOL is racing to Spitzbergen/Svalbard and it was on the third attempt to find the NW Passage that Barentsz discovered this island in 1596 sadly he never returned, after getting stuck in the ice at Novaya Zemlya for some months he and others put to sea in small boats and only a handful survived. Years later, in 1853 the body of water formerly called the Murmean Sea was renamed the Barentsz Sea and 25years later the Dutch Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz was opened at Terschelling. If you want to check out the waters of the area look at the MIWB Webcam here And a webcam around the finish location can be found: here History lesson over so...enjoy the Barentsz Run in the knowledge that you will return to sail another day!!

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