He pointed out to the English the way to the whale fishery at Spitzbergen, and opened up a trade with the northern parts of Russia.

Two years later, in 1556, Stephen Burroughs sailed with one small ship, which entered the Kara Sea; but he was compelled by frost and ice to return to England.

The strait which he entered is still called "Burrough's Strait." It was not, however, until the reign of Elizabeth that great maritime adventures began to be made.

Navigators were not so venturous as they afterwards became.

Without proper methods of navigation, they were apt to be carried away to the south, across an ocean without limit.