Photo-www.biography.com                                                                                                                                                                                                Henry set sail in May of 1607.Henry took a boat called the Hopewell.He sailed north to the coast of Greenland and to an island called Spitsbergen.At Spitsbergen Henry discovered a bay full of whales.They also saw seals and walruses.Henry and his crew kept sailing north until they ran into ice,but had to turn back.In 1608 Hudson once again took the Hopewell out to sea hoping to find the Northeast over Russia.However, he encountered some more ice which he could not pass no matter how hard he tried.