Monday, May 21, 2007

August 9, 1607

How could I have been so stupid? I don’t know why I even wasted my time. It turns out that Greenland extends much farther eastward than I thought, and there is no way that there is a passage leading to Asia anywhere near here. In my plan I thought that if we headed north of Greenland we may be lucky, but I guess I miscalculated. On the bright side, we discovered a small island in the Barrents Sea north of Iceland. However, the island is really unimportant to our voyage and I am forced to turn around Hopewell. My crew will not be happy when they hear the news. They are already on the edge because of the temperature out here. Why is it so unbelievably COLD? Even in August! Anyway, we shall be arriving back at home in a few weeks.

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