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De Veer's eye-witness account![]() Illustration 6. The depiction of the attack by three polar bears. Van Heemskerck and De Veer are holding off the bears while the unfortunate crew member is still stuck in the ice. The remainder of the crew are running towards the ship to distract the wild animals.
Gerrit de Veer, one of the seventeen crew-members, wrote a detailed account of the voyage, including the months the group spent in the Behouden Huys. Here are two extracts of his narrative. Since the second fragment is a follow-up to the first, you should best start by reading the first one: ![]() Illustration 5a. >For
a transcription in modern typography, click here
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