Hugh Willoughby
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Sir Hugh Willoughby was an English soldier and an early Arctic voyager. He served in the court of Henry VIII and fought in the Scottish campaign where he was knighted for his valour. In 1553, he was s
Willoughby in a posthumous portrait
Novaya Zemlya
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Novaya Zemlya, also spelled Novaja Zemlja, is an archipelago in northern Russia. It is situated in the Arctic Ocean, in the extreme northeast of Europe, with Cape Flissingsky, on the northern island,
Hugh Willoughby
…sailed eastward until they encountered an uninhabited shoreline that was teeming with ducks and other birds. It was likely a part of the south island of Novaya Zemlya which came to be known to the Russians as Gusinaya Zemlya (Goose Land). They turned back and headed west, coasting along Kolguev Island and just missing…
Willem Barentsz' ship among the Arctic ice.
A perception of a "Zemblien", a Novaya Zemlya native, by a 17th-century French traveller
Landscape in Novaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic National Park
Wide shot of Novaya Zemlya