Diplomacy and discovery: today, we tend to think of ambassadors as urbane bureaucrats and wily politicians but, as Jonathan Wright reveals, there was a time when they were among the world's most prodigious discoverers and explorers. From: Geographical | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Wright, Jonathan | COPYRIGHT 2006 Circle Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In 1588, the remorseless Russian winter cast its spell over Giles Fletcher, Elizabeth I's ambassador to the court of Tsar Feodor I. Far from home, he was awe-stricken--and palpably terrified--by Moscow's cruellest months.

From November to March, he reported, the snow never ceased falling. Rivers and lakes, "however swift or broad they be", were encased in metres of tightly packed ice, and the people were wary of so much as touching a pewter dish lest their fingers froze ...

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