1500s
- 1553 English expedition piloted by Richard Chancellor searches for the North-east Passage
- 1575–77 English expeditions led by Martin Frobisher reaches Baffin Island
- 1579 Danish expedition led by John Allday fails to reach Greenland due to ice
- 1585–87 English expeditions led by John Davis explore the Davis Strait-Baffin Bay region and reaches Upernavik
- 1596–97 Dutch expedition piloted by Willem Barentsz discovers Spitsbergen
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