What nationality was the Arctic explorer Willem Barents?
Willem Barentsz Willem Barentsz Willem Barentsz (; anglicized as William Barents or Barentz) (c. 1550 – 20 June 1597) was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. He went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. During his third expedition, the crew was stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return voyage in 1597. In the 19th century, the Barents Sea was named after him. Willem Barentsz was born around 1550 on the island Terschelling in the Seventeen Provinces, present-day Netherlands. "Barentsz" was not his surname but rather his patronymic name,
Barents Euro-Arctic Council groups that have completed their task. List of the BEAC Working Groups: Barents Euro-Arctic Council Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) is the forum for intergovernmental cooperation on issues concerning the Barents region. The meeting of the BEAC on the foreign ministers level are held every 2 years in the chairmanship country at the end of each BEAC chairmanship term. Between the ministerial meetings, the committee of senior officials organizes the work of BEAC. BEAC was founded at the conference on cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region took place in Kirkenes (Norway) on 11 January 1993 in accordance with the Kirkenes Declaration