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A VOYAGE TO SPITZBEBGEN. 
wintered on the Russian coast near the Dwina; but 
the whole company were killed by frost and starvation. 
This disastrous result would have been prevented had 
the men been experienced in Arctic travelling, for they 
could have laid in a sufficient stock of turf and dwarf 
shrubs for fuel; and could have secured plenty of food, 
since some of the papers that have been recovered 
state that while the sailors were searching in all direc¬ 
tions for natives to help them, they saw many bears, 
deer, foxes, and other animals, while those in the ship 
saw seals and whales in abundance. Chancelor pro¬ 
ceeded to St. Nichola in the White Sea, and returned 
home through Russia by way of Moscow. His success 
led to the establishment of the Muscovy or Russia 
Company, by which many of the subsequent expedi¬ 
tions in search of the North-East and North-West Pas¬ 
sages were organized and supported. In 1556 they 
sent Stephen Burrough out in the Serchthrift , and 
Sebastian Cabot, then eighty-eight years of age, saw 
the vessel off, and bade the expedition “ God cheer. ” 
Burrough passed the island of Kolguev on July 14th, 
and next day he reached the coast of the mouth of 
the Petchora. He saw the St. James’s Islands, and on 
July 31st he anchored amongst the Waigats Islands. 
He was the first navigator to sail into the Sea of Kara 
by the Karagate. In 1576 the project of the North- 
