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part of the North American coast, returned to Avacha
in such an impaired condition that, in 1742, he could
undertake no enterprise of importance.[1] On account of
the great misfortunes that overwhelmed the expedition,
Laptjef was prevented from completing the charting of
Kamchatka. Thus we see that on every side of Bering’s
grave lay unfinished tasks. These tasks were inherited
from the Dano-Russian explorer by his great successor
Cook, and other younger navigators. Moreover, his
death occurred at an extremely fatal period; for in these
same dark December days while Bering was struggling
with death in the sandpits of Bering Island, Biron,
Münnich, and Ostermann lost their supremacy in St.
Petersburg. The Old Russian party, the opponents of
Peter the Great’s efforts at reform, came into power,
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