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Clearing a path through the ice to the sea, 1597
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Clearing a path through the ice to the sea, 12 June 1597. Axes and spades are used to make a path through the ice over which the skiff can be dragged to the sea. In the foreground, a polar bear is being shot. Opposite page 101 in: 'True Account of the Three New, Unheard-of, Strange Voyages Performed by the Dutch and Zeeland Ships in the Years 1594, 1595, and 1596' (1598).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHet vrijmaken van een pad door het ijs naar de zee, 1597. 1598. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
