Warsina, a river of Lapland, Sir Hugh Willoughby perished there, [lxv]

Watchers, two stars in the Little Bear (Ursa Minor), why so named, [62]

Waygats, see Vaigats

Weyprecht (Lieut.), commands the steamer Tegethof in 1872, [xxxix];
fails in rounding Novaya Zemlya, ib.

Whale seen, [45]

White Island, [xli], [xl]

White Sea, Dutch commerce established, [xi];
first entered by Stephen Burrough, [lxvii];
crossed by the Dutch in two boats, [241]

Wieringen, an island on the coast of Holland, [79]

Willemsz. (Laurens), one of the crew who returns to Amsterdam, [257]

Willemsz. (Thomas), commands the Mercury, of Enkhuysen, on the second expedition, [cxii]