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A well established fact that the cold is much more intense on the eastern than on the western coasts [[strikethrough]] sides [[/strikethrough]] of continents & islands.
[[Barrows?]] Voyages [[circled]] 372 [[/circled]]

Sir Hugh Willoughby
1 ship in 1552 -- [[underlined]] 70 men [[/underlined]] frozen & starved to death on the coast of Lapland Winter of 1553 & 1554

Several persons of [[??]] & science, I have the honor of receiving the best wishes of ---- for the success of my enterprise