The Dutch explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Barentsz" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Willem Barentsz">Willem Barentsz</a> discovers the Arctic archipelago of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Svalbard">Spitsbergen</a>.