''Enhiørningen'' or Enhjørningen (Danish for

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) was a

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built in Copenhagen for the navy of

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. ''Enhiørningen'' was the ship of Danish-Norwegian explorer

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on his journey to the Hudson Bay i 1619-1620 (together with the navy yacht Lamprenen). Ships and crews overwintered in the mouth of Churchill River. All but Jens Munk and two sailors succumbed to

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during the winter. The three survivors returned to Bergen with Lamprenen and abandoned Enhiørningen. The cannons of the ship were found in the 18th century and the remains of the wreck itself rediscovered in 1964. Munk overvintringen

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