1 00:00:29,470 --> 00:00:33,463 Holland is penniless after its war with the Spanish Empire. 2 00:00:33,630 --> 00:00:37,543 To survive, it needs trade with the Far East. 3 00:00:37,710 --> 00:00:40,270 The problem is the route. 4 00:00:42,350 --> 00:00:47,549 Cornelis de Hout with his fleet seeks a route through the Spanish blockades... 5 00:00:47,710 --> 00:00:50,429 and around the Cape of Good Hope. 6 00:00:55,870 --> 00:00:58,145 Nothing more is heard of him. 7 00:00:58,790 --> 00:01:00,781 The influential minister Petrus Plancius asks the explorer William Barentsz... 8 00:01:00,950 --> 00:01:07,185 to look for a Northeast passage past Nova Zembla. 9 00:01:19,270 --> 00:01:22,626 Two previous attempts failed. 10 00:02:38,510 --> 00:02:42,947 To the noble, wise and wealthy patron... 11 00:02:43,110 --> 00:02:44,987 the Reverend Plancius. 12 00:02:46,150 --> 00:02:49,222 Many coasts that were once unknown... 13 00:02:49,390 --> 00:02:53,508 have recently been discovered after several searches. 14 00:02:53,670 --> 00:02:59,142 As this journey has been undertaken with your support and for your benefit... 15 00:02:59,310 --> 00:03:03,144 l take the liberty of dedicating this description to you. 16 00:03:16,590 --> 00:03:19,309 based on a true story 17 00:03:28,910 --> 00:03:31,629 The boy... - Which boy? 18 00:03:34,950 --> 00:03:37,908 The mayor's son. 19 00:03:38,070 --> 00:03:40,379 Oh, him. 20 00:03:40,550 --> 00:03:43,303 His name is Pieter Cornelis? 21 00:03:43,470 --> 00:03:46,507 PC, yes. What about him? 22 00:03:47,470 --> 00:03:50,428 Do you make love to him too, as you...? 23 00:03:52,630 --> 00:03:55,463 He writes poems for me. 24 00:03:55,630 --> 00:03:59,259 ln French, l suppose. - Yes. 25 00:03:59,430 --> 00:04:00,579 And in Latin. 26 00:04:08,710 --> 00:04:10,826 Why don't you write me poems? 27 00:04:13,470 --> 00:04:15,222 About what? 28 00:04:17,470 --> 00:04:18,903 About this? 29 00:04:27,230 --> 00:04:28,743 lt's the verger. 30 00:04:28,910 --> 00:04:31,299 Hey, little verger! 31 00:04:31,470 --> 00:04:34,143 Symen, come here. 32 00:04:34,310 --> 00:04:35,345 Silly... 33 00:04:37,230 --> 00:04:39,585 Symen is as deaf as a post. 34 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:41,422 You know that. 35 00:04:45,510 --> 00:04:47,068 lt's such a pity... 36 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:49,790 you have no money... 37 00:04:49,950 --> 00:04:52,180 no family... 38 00:04:53,950 --> 00:04:56,783 Gerrit 'no one's son' de Veer. 39 00:05:00,670 --> 00:05:03,548 My father will never approve marrying you. 40 00:05:06,030 --> 00:05:08,703 Your father can't do without me. 41 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,740 l do everything for him. 42 00:05:12,910 --> 00:05:15,549 You take his messages. 43 00:05:15,710 --> 00:05:17,860 l'm his assistant. 44 00:05:18,030 --> 00:05:20,225 Messenger boy. 45 00:05:31,470 --> 00:05:33,381 Soon l'll have money. 46 00:05:34,470 --> 00:05:37,587 When l come back, l'll have money. 47 00:05:42,150 --> 00:05:43,822 You don't mean that? 48 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:50,945 You're no sailor. - l don't care. 49 00:05:51,110 --> 00:05:54,307 l'm going anyway. - Around the North? 50 00:05:57,830 --> 00:05:58,865 Yes... 51 00:06:04,150 --> 00:06:06,664 and when l come back l'll be rich. 52 00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:15,462 ln this way, our people, with God's help... 53 00:06:15,630 --> 00:06:20,909 has thrown off the yoke of the Spanish occupier... 54 00:06:21,070 --> 00:06:25,109 and demanded its freedom. 55 00:06:25,270 --> 00:06:27,909 He granted us... 56 00:06:28,070 --> 00:06:32,143 oceans to sail... 57 00:06:32,310 --> 00:06:35,541 continents to discover... 58 00:06:35,710 --> 00:06:41,103 He granted us a spirit of enterprise... 59 00:06:41,270 --> 00:06:43,989 a lust for adventure. 60 00:06:44,150 --> 00:06:47,779 Leaders such as Willem Barentsz... 61 00:06:47,950 --> 00:06:52,740 or Jacob van Heemskerck, who is present here... 62 00:06:54,910 --> 00:06:58,459 are determined this time... 63 00:06:58,630 --> 00:07:03,943 to find and open the passage of fortune to the lndies for us. 64 00:07:04,110 --> 00:07:10,265 Men like them, and may our prayers accompany them on their voyages... 65 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:13,900 will bring riches to our poor... 66 00:07:14,830 --> 00:07:16,980 and poverty stricken people. 67 00:07:17,150 --> 00:07:21,189 And in this way also peace... 68 00:07:21,350 --> 00:07:23,705 and wealth... 69 00:07:23,870 --> 00:07:25,508 for everyone. 70 00:07:29,430 --> 00:07:33,264 The blessing of God descends... 71 00:07:33,430 --> 00:07:35,819 on our very young Republic. 72 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:39,145 Go hence in peace... 73 00:07:39,310 --> 00:07:41,505 Amen... 74 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:46,625 Papa... 75 00:07:48,270 --> 00:07:50,306 You were wonderful. 76 00:07:51,670 --> 00:07:54,662 A wonderful story, minister. 77 00:07:54,830 --> 00:07:58,709 A story that will help us cope with the cold. 78 00:07:58,870 --> 00:08:03,944 l don't think that cold will be your greatest enemy, Jacob, rather... 79 00:08:04,110 --> 00:08:06,499 a lack of warmth. 80 00:08:07,590 --> 00:08:10,468 And, Jacob... 81 00:08:11,670 --> 00:08:15,629 You are a fine captain... 82 00:08:15,790 --> 00:08:18,827 but listen to Barentsz. 83 00:08:18,990 --> 00:08:20,503 He keeps it all up here. 84 00:09:05,150 --> 00:09:07,345 Did you have... 85 00:09:14,670 --> 00:09:16,786 An astrolabe... 86 00:09:38,590 --> 00:09:40,501 What do you need it for? 87 00:09:41,550 --> 00:09:43,461 For measuring star time. 88 00:09:43,630 --> 00:09:46,747 Tell me... - Copernicus' constant? 89 00:09:46,910 --> 00:09:50,823 The constant is 9.83. 90 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:54,824 That's the relation between the Earth and the Moon. 91 00:09:54,990 --> 00:09:59,905 The constant 2.95 refers to the relation Earth-Sun... 92 00:10:00,070 --> 00:10:02,868 Sun-Mercury, Sun-Venus... 93 00:10:03,030 --> 00:10:05,225 Sun-Mars and Sun-Jupiter. Zon-Mars en Zon-Jupiter. 94 00:10:06,110 --> 00:10:07,828 Good. 95 00:10:12,950 --> 00:10:14,508 And this... 96 00:10:15,350 --> 00:10:17,181 is for Mr Barentsz. 97 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,386 Guard it... - with my own life. 98 00:10:27,830 --> 00:10:30,583 Have you had time to think? 99 00:10:32,870 --> 00:10:34,462 l have to do this. 100 00:10:51,910 --> 00:10:55,664 Make sure you hand it over personally. 101 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,258 Thank you. 102 00:11:58,270 --> 00:12:00,989 Oene, stop or l'll stick it up your ass! 103 00:12:02,230 --> 00:12:04,824 But l still make the music. 104 00:12:12,390 --> 00:12:15,382 He's asleep. Our Jantje is asleep. 105 00:12:17,310 --> 00:12:21,508 Wait, wait! Jantje is thirsty. Here it comes. 106 00:12:24,630 --> 00:12:27,098 Jantje stinks of berry rum! 107 00:12:28,710 --> 00:12:32,498 Stop it! - Jantje stinks and we're proud of it. 108 00:12:36,910 --> 00:12:39,219 l'm looking for Barentsz. 109 00:12:41,670 --> 00:12:44,867 lt's not about the voyage, boy... 110 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:46,907 it's about coming home. 111 00:12:47,790 --> 00:12:49,348 Remember that. 112 00:12:55,550 --> 00:12:56,699 Men, a land crab! 113 00:12:57,830 --> 00:13:01,709 Never mind, darling. As long as there's a mast on you! 114 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:15,145 We've got Placius' slave! Claes! Claes! 115 00:14:01,910 --> 00:14:05,664 l am Gerrit de Veer and l came from the Reverend Plancius. 116 00:14:05,830 --> 00:14:07,707 Well, Gerrit de Veer... 117 00:14:07,870 --> 00:14:09,508 Come closer. 118 00:14:09,670 --> 00:14:12,264 What has our patron given us? 119 00:14:13,350 --> 00:14:16,660 l have to give it to Barentsz personally. 120 00:14:30,590 --> 00:14:32,660 l want to ask you something. 121 00:14:34,190 --> 00:14:35,782 l really want to go along. 122 00:14:35,950 --> 00:14:38,748 On the expedition? - Yes. 123 00:14:40,750 --> 00:14:44,060 You hear that, Willem? Tired of life? 124 00:14:44,230 --> 00:14:47,666 A fight with your father? - l have no parents. 125 00:14:49,070 --> 00:14:50,708 That's an astrolabe... 126 00:14:50,870 --> 00:14:52,701 made by a maker in Louvain. 127 00:14:52,870 --> 00:14:54,508 lt uses stars to show the time. 128 00:14:59,510 --> 00:15:00,738 l have a letter. 129 00:15:06,110 --> 00:15:09,705 l am good at reading and want to be a writer. 130 00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:11,906 l want to write about my voyages. 131 00:15:12,070 --> 00:15:14,709 Writer? What use is a writer on a ship? 132 00:15:14,870 --> 00:15:19,022 All great explorers have a writer on board. 133 00:15:19,190 --> 00:15:20,782 All of them? 134 00:15:20,950 --> 00:15:24,499 They report on the voyage in a book and they become famous. 135 00:15:24,670 --> 00:15:26,626 Christopher Columbus? - Yes. 136 00:15:26,790 --> 00:15:29,702 Vasco da Gama? - ?lvaro Velho. 137 00:15:29,870 --> 00:15:31,303 Mr Barentsz... 138 00:15:31,470 --> 00:15:33,825 Did you ask Mayor Hooft to come? 139 00:15:33,990 --> 00:15:35,309 Well, men... 140 00:15:35,470 --> 00:15:38,621 Preparing for the voyage? - Tradition. 141 00:15:38,790 --> 00:15:41,862 The men are enjoying themselves. - l noticed. 142 00:15:42,030 --> 00:15:45,500 Good men. - Enough for the Amsterdam bonus. 143 00:15:45,670 --> 00:15:49,458 Good enough to open the route to fortune, for Amsterdam. 144 00:15:49,630 --> 00:15:52,383 And the Republic. 145 00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:54,825 l came to wish you a good voyage. 146 00:16:02,790 --> 00:16:04,143 Wine. 147 00:16:05,070 --> 00:16:06,947 Are you deaf? 148 00:16:07,110 --> 00:16:10,705 One order is enough for Van Heemskerck's men. 149 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:12,508 Wine! 150 00:16:12,670 --> 00:16:15,548 We can't refuse the great Plancius. 151 00:16:18,190 --> 00:16:20,784 This young man will make us famous. 152 00:16:22,150 --> 00:16:23,902 At your service, captain. 153 00:16:30,230 --> 00:16:32,425 Take this young man with you. 154 00:16:32,590 --> 00:16:34,785 Keep him away from my daughter. 155 00:16:34,950 --> 00:16:37,100 Make a man of him... 156 00:16:37,270 --> 00:16:38,828 or... 157 00:16:38,990 --> 00:16:41,265 feed him to the white bears. 158 00:17:31,630 --> 00:17:32,904 Catharina... 159 00:17:36,710 --> 00:17:39,543 No don't open it! Silly you! 160 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:41,302 Catharina... 161 00:17:41,470 --> 00:17:44,507 l promise that when l return from China... 162 00:17:44,670 --> 00:17:48,219 Japan and lndia, l'll bring you beautiful things. 163 00:17:48,390 --> 00:17:50,824 Not important. - And the bonus? 164 00:17:53,910 --> 00:17:57,186 The voyage isn't important. Returning is. 165 00:17:58,470 --> 00:18:01,621 Please wait for me and beat off the rich kids! 166 00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:02,905 Wait for me. 167 00:18:17,230 --> 00:18:19,266 Sprat... are you still coming? 168 00:18:20,830 --> 00:18:23,628 Stop twiddling. Hurry. You're the last. 169 00:19:19,150 --> 00:19:21,220 Come on, l'll help you. 170 00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:26,547 Here you are, first-class accommodation. 171 00:19:27,470 --> 00:19:29,222 Take a seat. 172 00:19:29,390 --> 00:19:31,267 Can you manage? 173 00:19:41,510 --> 00:19:43,307 You are Gerrit, aren't you? 174 00:19:43,470 --> 00:19:44,823 You're a writer. 175 00:19:47,310 --> 00:19:49,346 Get out. Get out. 176 00:20:01,710 --> 00:20:03,428 Come with me. 177 00:20:04,950 --> 00:20:05,860 Come on. 178 00:20:07,950 --> 00:20:09,224 Yep. - Sit down. 179 00:20:23,190 --> 00:20:25,181 All hands on deck! 180 00:20:34,790 --> 00:20:38,100 What is that landlubber doing here? 181 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:39,498 No idea. 182 00:20:49,110 --> 00:20:50,987 On deck, sprat! 183 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:54,108 The captain doesn't like latecomers. 184 00:20:57,510 --> 00:21:00,104 There are two ways to get to lndia. 185 00:21:00,270 --> 00:21:05,298 To the south, via Portugal. We're not welcome there; it's Spanish now. 186 00:21:05,470 --> 00:21:09,019 Then further south round the Cape of Good Hope 187 00:21:09,190 --> 00:21:11,704 Around Africa... - Madagascar. 188 00:21:11,870 --> 00:21:15,545 Madagascar... we have an expert here. - Show off. 189 00:21:15,710 --> 00:21:20,864 The other way is round the North. lt's hard for a couple of weeks... 190 00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:23,385 A warm coat and God's blessing. 191 00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:26,383 And the right route through the ice. 192 00:21:26,550 --> 00:21:32,341 An expedition was certainly never so well organised. We have everything. 193 00:21:32,510 --> 00:21:38,506 We have the best maps, a hold full of textiles, a clock for China's Emperor... 194 00:21:38,670 --> 00:21:41,389 and gifts to do business in Japan. 195 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:45,589 Once we're there, it's only a couple of days away. 196 00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:48,742 Then we'll be in the marvelous lndies. 197 00:21:48,910 --> 00:21:52,459 We'll forget the cold under the tropical sun. 198 00:21:52,630 --> 00:21:56,020 With a woman on each arm. 199 00:21:56,190 --> 00:21:58,226 Rules on board the ship... 200 00:21:58,390 --> 00:22:01,109 Blasphemy is not allowed. 201 00:22:01,270 --> 00:22:04,945 Theft is forbidden. Keep off other people's things. 202 00:22:05,110 --> 00:22:07,340 No fighting on this ship. 203 00:22:07,510 --> 00:22:10,343 lt will be punished and harshly. 204 00:22:10,510 --> 00:22:15,300 Discipline is most important on board and then comes speed. 205 00:22:15,470 --> 00:22:17,301 Remember the bonus. 206 00:22:17,470 --> 00:22:20,303 One more thing: you are warned... 207 00:22:20,470 --> 00:22:24,861 l don't want to see the Virgin Mary or rosaries. 208 00:22:25,030 --> 00:22:28,466 Or any other papist frills. 209 00:22:28,630 --> 00:22:31,428 We've had enough with the Spanish. 210 00:22:31,590 --> 00:22:34,184 Men, shout hurray for the captain. -Hurray! 211 00:22:39,390 --> 00:22:43,099 On 16 May 1596... 212 00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:47,661 on the orders of the States General and Prince Maurits of Orange... 213 00:22:47,830 --> 00:22:51,140 our ship set sail through the Wargat Straits... 214 00:22:51,310 --> 00:22:54,859 to sail to the kingdoms of Cathay and China. 215 00:22:55,030 --> 00:22:58,261 And to the East lndies. 216 00:23:03,270 --> 00:23:04,305 The jibe! 217 00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:06,984 You forgot to brace the clew line!! 218 00:23:07,150 --> 00:23:11,223 No, over the top! - Over the topsail. 219 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,620 No the tether over the halyard. 220 00:23:23,670 --> 00:23:26,389 And then the tether over the halyard. 221 00:23:29,310 --> 00:23:31,585 Look at him with his quill. 222 00:23:33,510 --> 00:23:35,865 You don't need that here at sea. 223 00:23:37,150 --> 00:23:39,106 You're not going to write here are you? 224 00:23:40,150 --> 00:23:42,983 Dear Oene, my friend... 225 00:23:43,150 --> 00:23:46,779 Would your honour be so kind as to lower the mainsail? 226 00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:49,544 This because of the approaching storm. 227 00:23:49,710 --> 00:23:52,349 And please answer by tomorrow. 228 00:23:52,510 --> 00:23:54,785 Yours sincerely, your captain. 229 00:23:56,910 --> 00:23:59,185 Writing is for lords and masters. 230 00:24:01,110 --> 00:24:02,907 And for Gerrit, of course. 231 00:24:05,150 --> 00:24:07,459 l'd like to write to. 232 00:24:07,630 --> 00:24:10,303 What for, boy? - And what? 233 00:24:10,470 --> 00:24:12,426 l want to write my name. - Jan! 234 00:24:12,590 --> 00:24:15,388 lt's a very ordinary name. 235 00:24:15,550 --> 00:24:18,701 lt's a deadly ordinary name. 236 00:24:18,870 --> 00:24:20,508 But it is mine. 237 00:24:23,710 --> 00:24:25,428 Gerrit? 238 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:27,501 Pen, paper. Come with me. 239 00:25:05,470 --> 00:25:07,062 Here. 240 00:25:08,070 --> 00:25:09,503 Sit over here. 241 00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:13,746 l don't want to hear you. 242 00:25:13,910 --> 00:25:17,107 l just want to hear your pen on paper. 243 00:25:17,270 --> 00:25:20,228 Write down everything that is said. 244 00:25:26,470 --> 00:25:28,222 Where were we? 245 00:25:28,390 --> 00:25:30,699 Plancius says that... 246 00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:34,988 38 degrees... - l propose that the route... 247 00:25:35,150 --> 00:25:37,823 10 June 1596. 248 00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:43,622 With a north-easterly wind, we're sailing north north-west. 249 00:25:43,790 --> 00:25:47,669 lt's almost a month since we left Holland. 250 00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:51,300 We pass a medium-sized island to port. 251 00:25:51,470 --> 00:25:57,386 The captain decides to anchor and go ashore looking for fresh provisions... 252 00:25:57,550 --> 00:26:00,018 before we head for the cold. 253 00:26:00,190 --> 00:26:02,385 The coasts are deserted. 254 00:26:02,550 --> 00:26:06,429 We are explorers entering a new world. 255 00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:09,468 Look up there, men. Fresh meat. 256 00:26:09,630 --> 00:26:13,339 They're parrot crossbills, we used to call them twites. 257 00:26:13,510 --> 00:26:15,387 Jan, you're the lightest. 258 00:26:20,270 --> 00:26:22,022 Little writer... 259 00:26:22,190 --> 00:26:23,703 How about you? 260 00:26:25,910 --> 00:26:27,707 Claes, come on. 261 00:26:57,070 --> 00:26:58,423 Birds. 262 00:27:05,350 --> 00:27:07,068 Jantje! 263 00:27:33,390 --> 00:27:36,541 1 1 June 1596. 264 00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:40,339 Every sailor in Amsterdam wanted to join this voyage. 265 00:27:40,510 --> 00:27:44,219 A fortune awaits beyond the horizon. 266 00:27:44,390 --> 00:27:47,302 The men call themselves the chosen. 267 00:27:47,470 --> 00:27:49,540 But why were they chosen? 268 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:53,498 Why? None of the men have something to return to. 269 00:27:53,670 --> 00:27:55,820 None have a wife or children. 270 00:27:55,990 --> 00:27:59,300 No one has a home. Apart from me. 271 00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:13,101 We leave the island and sail north on a westerly wind. 272 00:28:13,270 --> 00:28:17,343 Late that evening, the island is 16 miles behind us. 273 00:28:18,310 --> 00:28:21,700 Now there's only open sea. 274 00:29:11,310 --> 00:29:12,345 Claes... 275 00:29:13,910 --> 00:29:14,979 give it back. 276 00:29:16,710 --> 00:29:17,859 Give it back. 277 00:30:14,550 --> 00:30:17,940 Make him taste the blood! 278 00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:19,782 Come on then. 279 00:30:19,950 --> 00:30:21,144 Hold him under. 280 00:30:22,190 --> 00:30:23,748 Hold him under! 281 00:30:32,950 --> 00:30:35,589 Head in, head in! 282 00:30:38,430 --> 00:30:39,909 Come on, boys. 283 00:30:49,070 --> 00:30:49,866 Claes! 284 00:30:54,870 --> 00:30:56,826 Stop it! 285 00:31:03,750 --> 00:31:07,425 What's going on, Claes? - He stole by book from my chest. 286 00:31:07,590 --> 00:31:08,818 Shut up, Gerrit. 287 00:31:10,150 --> 00:31:13,301 l thought he was asleep. l didn't want to wake him. 288 00:31:18,750 --> 00:31:20,547 Claes... 289 00:31:20,710 --> 00:31:25,306 How often have l told you not to get worked up like this? 290 00:31:26,470 --> 00:31:31,100 Possessions on board are sacred, Claes. All sailors know that. 291 00:31:31,270 --> 00:31:33,704 You know the punishment. 292 00:31:35,950 --> 00:31:39,101 The captain will tell you what will happen. 293 00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:44,628 Everyone knows the rules on board? 294 00:31:44,790 --> 00:31:47,463 Tomorrow morning: The widow! 295 00:31:57,550 --> 00:31:59,347 Traitor. 296 00:32:03,350 --> 00:32:05,068 Clear up the blood. 297 00:32:23,630 --> 00:32:28,658 No one can survive 2 or 3 minutes in that ice-cold water. 298 00:32:28,830 --> 00:32:30,502 lt's your decision. 299 00:32:30,670 --> 00:32:33,742 Claes will drown. - Claes is strong. 300 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:35,628 He'll drown. 301 00:32:35,790 --> 00:32:37,985 He won't make it. 302 00:32:38,150 --> 00:32:42,223 Then reverse the decision. - l can't. You decided for me. 303 00:32:47,910 --> 00:32:51,107 You're the captain. - Don't keep telling me that. 304 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:56,219 One of us is captain, it's not me. - l'm captain and they want to believe you. 305 00:32:56,390 --> 00:32:58,585 We can't let it pass. 306 00:32:58,750 --> 00:33:02,060 Before you know, it'll be like three years ago. 307 00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:04,107 We had to hang a couple. 308 00:33:07,230 --> 00:33:09,300 We should have whipped him 309 00:33:09,470 --> 00:33:12,303 He could take 10 or even 20. 310 00:33:15,150 --> 00:33:16,947 You know, Jacob... 311 00:33:17,110 --> 00:33:20,705 a weak captain benefits no one. 312 00:33:46,470 --> 00:33:49,587 ln the name of the Republic! 313 00:34:17,910 --> 00:34:19,229 Pull! 314 00:34:39,550 --> 00:34:41,381 Come on, pull! 315 00:34:42,350 --> 00:34:44,102 He's stuck! 316 00:34:53,790 --> 00:34:55,018 He won't make it! 317 00:36:54,390 --> 00:36:57,348 You won't put this in your book, will you, little man? 318 00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:58,989 Yes l will. 319 00:36:59,150 --> 00:37:01,425 l know exactly how to write it down. 320 00:37:05,870 --> 00:37:08,464 Claes was the strongest man on board. 321 00:37:08,630 --> 00:37:12,464 And everyone was afraid of him. Everyone! 322 00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:15,224 Apart from the captain and Barentsz. 323 00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:18,500 And Claes knew all too well... 324 00:37:18,670 --> 00:37:21,230 that minor infringements... 325 00:37:21,390 --> 00:37:24,063 could be punished severely. 326 00:37:24,230 --> 00:37:26,425 He knew that all too well. 327 00:37:26,590 --> 00:37:30,139 But Claes happened to be Claes... 328 00:37:30,310 --> 00:37:32,824 and Claes wasn't afraid of the devil. 329 00:37:53,630 --> 00:37:57,669 Gerrit de Veer - he's writing about me! 330 00:37:57,830 --> 00:37:59,149 Gerrit the quill! 331 00:38:00,990 --> 00:38:03,458 One big hurray for Claes! - Hurray! 332 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:08,505 And one big hurray for the quill! - Hurray! 333 00:38:25,710 --> 00:38:27,860 4 July 1596. 334 00:38:28,750 --> 00:38:31,025 We sail east and north. 335 00:38:31,190 --> 00:38:32,748 We haven't seen any ice. 336 00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:36,380 That's strange because we're so far north. 337 00:38:36,550 --> 00:38:41,419 The men withdraw increasingly into their fixed routine 338 00:38:41,590 --> 00:38:44,150 We go west with a northerly wind and... 339 00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:48,906 at about five o'clock southeast with a north-easterly wind. 340 00:38:54,750 --> 00:38:56,502 Land! Men! Land! 341 00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:58,228 Land ahoy! 342 00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:19,584 l see land. 343 00:39:22,270 --> 00:39:25,228 What you think it is? - l don't know. 344 00:39:28,390 --> 00:39:30,620 lt's Nova Zembla, men. 345 00:39:34,150 --> 00:39:35,424 lt's Nova Zembla 346 00:39:37,190 --> 00:39:39,306 The New Land. 347 00:39:39,470 --> 00:39:43,702 Tomorrow we'll investigate. lt means China is close by. 348 00:39:43,870 --> 00:39:46,589 China is within our reach. 349 00:39:49,230 --> 00:39:51,664 A tot for everyone to celebrate. 350 00:40:06,110 --> 00:40:08,226 Well done Jacob. 351 00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:10,585 Keep them motivated. 352 00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:14,265 Tomorrow we'll explore. 353 00:40:15,310 --> 00:40:17,141 Nova Zembla... 354 00:40:22,070 --> 00:40:25,380 16 August 1596. 355 00:40:25,550 --> 00:40:29,509 Eight of us row to the mainland of Nova Zembla. 356 00:40:29,670 --> 00:40:34,027 We pull the sloop dry and climb to the top to get the lie of the land. 357 00:40:40,190 --> 00:40:43,341 The land is much bigger than indicated on the map. 358 00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:47,822 We start to suspect the land will block our passage. 359 00:40:50,190 --> 00:40:53,865 A little later, we see open water in the southeast. 360 00:40:54,030 --> 00:40:58,228 We return to our ship to tell the news to Willem Barentsz. 361 00:41:02,150 --> 00:41:05,620 This northern route goes straight through the ice. 362 00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:08,819 You want to follow it, Willem? 363 00:41:10,910 --> 00:41:14,744 lt's crazy. lt won't happen. - The ice is temporary. 364 00:41:14,910 --> 00:41:18,789 Plancius assured us, based on his last calculations... 365 00:41:18,950 --> 00:41:23,182 Rubbish. Plancius knows as much as he knows. 366 00:41:27,830 --> 00:41:34,349 This island isn't mapped right. lt's much further west. You want more examples? 367 00:41:34,510 --> 00:41:37,900 Plancius knows more than Portugal and Spain together. 368 00:41:38,070 --> 00:41:40,823 What's wrong with you? - l'll tell you. 369 00:41:42,550 --> 00:41:46,179 lt's my ship and l'm the one who decides the route. 370 00:41:46,350 --> 00:41:49,979 Write that down. - And something else. 371 00:41:50,150 --> 00:41:54,302 l don't want to contribute to your third failure in a row. 372 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:56,028 Write that down too. 373 00:42:05,830 --> 00:42:06,979 Gerrit. 374 00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:09,469 Up here. 375 00:42:18,030 --> 00:42:19,941 What did they say? 376 00:42:20,110 --> 00:42:24,103 What will they do? - You were there? What took so long? 377 00:42:35,510 --> 00:42:37,068 Nova Zembla. 378 00:42:37,910 --> 00:42:39,866 Here. 379 00:42:40,030 --> 00:42:41,509 We are here. 380 00:42:43,590 --> 00:42:46,502 What's up here? - Right up north? 381 00:42:47,630 --> 00:42:48,824 No one knows. 382 00:42:48,990 --> 00:42:51,550 Barentsz says this is the route. 383 00:42:51,710 --> 00:42:54,668 But Van Heemskerck wants to go this way. 384 00:42:56,070 --> 00:42:58,345 They don't agree. - Why? 385 00:42:58,510 --> 00:43:02,298 Van Heemskerck thinks he has a better route than Plancius. 386 00:43:03,350 --> 00:43:07,502 We'll reach the ice too soon. They have to find a new route. 387 00:43:25,150 --> 00:43:26,583 Look at the stars. 388 00:43:28,550 --> 00:43:30,620 Leo and Orion... 389 00:43:32,590 --> 00:43:34,660 The giant's right shoulder. 390 00:43:36,030 --> 00:43:39,989 ''Always watch Orion's belt,'' the minister says. 391 00:43:40,150 --> 00:43:43,745 They are three stars close together. - Yes, there. 392 00:43:43,910 --> 00:43:47,346 Mintaka, Alnitak and Alnilam. 393 00:43:48,670 --> 00:43:50,422 Very good. 394 00:43:51,310 --> 00:43:54,780 Very useful, some knowledge of astronomy. 395 00:43:54,950 --> 00:43:56,429 You never know. 396 00:43:58,550 --> 00:44:02,941 ln a few hundred years, people will travel between the stars. 397 00:44:14,870 --> 00:44:19,898 Columbus was given tobacco as a gift by the lndians. Did you know that? 398 00:44:20,070 --> 00:44:24,063 He thought it stank and threw it overboard, but one sailor... 399 00:44:24,230 --> 00:44:28,064 a wayward sailor called Roderigo kept some. 400 00:44:28,230 --> 00:44:31,700 Later he walked the streets in Spain smoking a pipe. 401 00:44:33,950 --> 00:44:37,659 People thought he was a devil with all that smoke. 402 00:44:37,830 --> 00:44:40,139 They threw him in jail. 403 00:44:42,190 --> 00:44:45,387 He was in jail for seven years. 404 00:44:48,030 --> 00:44:50,908 lt's not always better to show off. 405 00:45:08,110 --> 00:45:10,146 l want you to read it out loud. 406 00:45:12,470 --> 00:45:14,938 Everything you wrote. 407 00:45:15,110 --> 00:45:17,829 You have time? - Start at the beginning. 408 00:45:19,630 --> 00:45:21,905 Read it yourself, Vos... 409 00:45:22,070 --> 00:45:25,699 Vos can't read. - Shut up and go to sleep, Claes. 410 00:45:28,470 --> 00:45:34,784 You read it out loud and start with what Van Heemskerck and Barentsz talked about. 411 00:45:34,950 --> 00:45:36,542 Why should l? 412 00:45:36,710 --> 00:45:38,826 Because we asked you. 413 00:45:38,990 --> 00:45:40,423 My friend and l. 414 00:45:46,910 --> 00:45:50,027 How do you know that l'm reading what's written in here? 415 00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:54,023 Vos, you're on watch. Get on deck. 416 00:45:59,510 --> 00:46:01,660 l know all about you, sprat! 417 00:46:01,830 --> 00:46:04,060 You work for the Spanish. 418 00:46:04,230 --> 00:46:09,258 And you'll tell them everything we face on this voyage, won't you? 419 00:46:09,430 --> 00:46:11,580 Vos, come on. 420 00:46:21,590 --> 00:46:24,662 18 August 1596. 421 00:46:24,830 --> 00:46:28,948 We prepare to take Willem Barentsz' route. 422 00:46:29,110 --> 00:46:32,546 We want to sail around the north of Nova Zembla. 423 00:46:32,710 --> 00:46:35,588 But the current there is so treacherous... 424 00:46:35,750 --> 00:46:39,584 but after many vain attempts, we return to anchor. 425 00:47:33,310 --> 00:47:36,222 The first contact with the ice... 426 00:47:36,390 --> 00:47:38,745 was 1 1 days later than expected. 427 00:47:41,470 --> 00:47:42,789 You have that? 428 00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:47,189 Add the date. 429 00:47:52,270 --> 00:47:53,988 lt's provisional. 430 00:47:54,150 --> 00:47:57,222 This has nothing to do with notes, rough sketches. 431 00:47:57,390 --> 00:48:01,224 Here. This is the bill of lading. That's important. 432 00:48:01,390 --> 00:48:03,984 They don't match. - That's irrelevant. 433 00:48:04,150 --> 00:48:08,348 lt's official. black-and-white with your signature. 434 00:48:08,510 --> 00:48:10,580 Jacob van Heemskerck. 435 00:48:13,350 --> 00:48:17,025 This mentions more considerably more provisions. 436 00:48:17,190 --> 00:48:20,580 A few thoughts. Plancius' signature. 437 00:48:20,750 --> 00:48:23,059 He had some ideas, in case. 438 00:48:26,310 --> 00:48:31,384 We're way too heavy, Willem. That makes us vulnerable deep in the ice. 439 00:48:31,550 --> 00:48:34,667 Why do we have all the extra provisions? 440 00:48:43,110 --> 00:48:45,863 27 August 1596. 441 00:48:47,750 --> 00:48:49,786 The weather is calm and clear. 442 00:48:51,710 --> 00:48:54,383 We've reached the north of Nova Zembla. 443 00:48:54,550 --> 00:48:59,180 We seek shelter from the ice and call this bay lce Harbor. 444 00:50:05,190 --> 00:50:06,942 And now for a story. 445 00:50:08,390 --> 00:50:10,221 Who feels like a story? 446 00:50:11,430 --> 00:50:12,988 Something real. 447 00:50:13,150 --> 00:50:14,742 Something from life. 448 00:50:17,190 --> 00:50:19,658 l need one person to help me. 449 00:50:19,830 --> 00:50:22,139 Someone has to walk with me. 450 00:50:24,990 --> 00:50:27,948 l'll go with Gerrit on a pub crawl. 451 00:50:29,590 --> 00:50:31,228 Yes. 452 00:50:31,390 --> 00:50:32,709 ln Amsterdam. 453 00:50:33,710 --> 00:50:36,588 When we get back, we'll have earned a drink, haven't we? 454 00:50:38,470 --> 00:50:40,301 Where shall we start? 455 00:50:40,470 --> 00:50:43,268 On Zeedijk? - Take it easy. 456 00:50:53,830 --> 00:50:56,424 That's more like the place to end. 457 00:50:56,590 --> 00:50:59,150 Okay, we'll take it easy. 458 00:50:59,310 --> 00:51:00,902 Let's start on Damrak. 459 00:51:04,270 --> 00:51:06,579 We can look at the new ships. 460 00:51:07,910 --> 00:51:10,868 And we greet him and him... 461 00:51:11,030 --> 00:51:13,225 and we see who made it back. 462 00:51:19,350 --> 00:51:21,545 Then we'll go to the pharmacist. 463 00:51:21,710 --> 00:51:23,462 l'm feeling thirsty. 464 00:51:25,510 --> 00:51:29,503 And we stop at the Blue Grape for one. - Or two. 465 00:51:32,750 --> 00:51:34,468 Then we carry on... 466 00:51:35,790 --> 00:51:37,667 l have to get out! 467 00:51:37,830 --> 00:51:39,627 l have to get out! Out! 468 00:51:41,550 --> 00:51:43,302 Now shut up, dammit! 469 00:52:18,990 --> 00:52:21,629 Everything had been discussed. 470 00:52:21,790 --> 00:52:22,905 l thought. 471 00:52:24,470 --> 00:52:26,904 Months of preparation... 472 00:52:27,070 --> 00:52:28,628 the route, finance... 473 00:52:29,750 --> 00:52:31,661 l thought it all figured. 474 00:52:35,670 --> 00:52:37,900 The negotiations in China. 475 00:52:38,070 --> 00:52:39,742 And then to the lndies. 476 00:52:41,990 --> 00:52:43,469 And the voyage back. 477 00:52:46,190 --> 00:52:47,748 But what happened? 478 00:52:50,390 --> 00:52:52,506 You and Plancius messed up. 479 00:52:54,550 --> 00:52:55,744 You conspired. 480 00:52:57,990 --> 00:53:02,188 Why is there so much more provisions on board than agreed? 481 00:53:04,470 --> 00:53:06,028 Why? 482 00:53:09,590 --> 00:53:14,027 Why didn't you involve me in your plan? - l told you that already. 483 00:53:14,190 --> 00:53:15,782 Just in case. 484 00:53:18,790 --> 00:53:21,179 And the other questions? 485 00:53:22,870 --> 00:53:25,179 You would have objected. 486 00:53:32,470 --> 00:53:33,869 What next? 487 00:53:35,470 --> 00:53:37,859 What d'you think will happen now? 488 00:53:39,070 --> 00:53:41,026 We'll spend the winter here. 489 00:53:41,910 --> 00:53:44,378 And you'll tell the men. 490 00:54:01,830 --> 00:54:04,390 We'll go ashore here... 491 00:54:04,550 --> 00:54:06,586 and spend the winter here. 492 00:54:07,510 --> 00:54:08,784 The whole winter. 493 00:54:10,390 --> 00:54:12,142 That's months and months. 494 00:54:13,870 --> 00:54:15,383 And the food? 495 00:54:15,550 --> 00:54:18,189 What about food? - lt'll be rationed. 496 00:54:20,550 --> 00:54:22,745 There's enough on board. 497 00:54:22,910 --> 00:54:26,061 As long as everyone sticks to his ration. 498 00:54:27,790 --> 00:54:29,018 We'll manage. 499 00:54:30,390 --> 00:54:31,823 We're doomed. 500 00:54:33,510 --> 00:54:36,468 lf anyone has a better plan, tell me. 501 00:54:45,870 --> 00:54:49,385 3 September 1596. 502 00:54:49,550 --> 00:54:52,542 The ice has pushed the ship back and forth. 503 00:54:52,710 --> 00:54:57,909 And under the pressure of the breaking ice it finally broke up. 504 00:54:58,070 --> 00:55:02,268 Our ship lost when faced with the might of nature. 505 00:55:02,430 --> 00:55:06,139 We lost but don't give up. 506 00:55:22,510 --> 00:55:24,785 This was all l could find. 507 00:55:25,790 --> 00:55:27,382 Beans! 508 00:55:27,550 --> 00:55:29,347 What's the use of beans? 509 00:55:29,510 --> 00:55:33,947 l searched everywhere. - We need greens and fresh meat. 510 00:55:36,310 --> 00:55:39,063 And best of all is cochlearia. 511 00:55:40,510 --> 00:55:41,579 What? 512 00:55:41,750 --> 00:55:46,266 Scurvy grass. lt's magic. You get over it in no time. 513 00:55:47,550 --> 00:55:49,586 But does it grow here? 514 00:55:49,750 --> 00:55:51,706 They say it does. - Let's look. 515 00:56:27,190 --> 00:56:28,703 You see those stars? 516 00:56:28,870 --> 00:56:31,145 And the very clear one? 517 00:56:31,310 --> 00:56:32,948 That's Orion. 518 00:56:33,110 --> 00:56:34,668 A hunter. 519 00:56:34,830 --> 00:56:36,661 The three stars beside it... 520 00:56:38,230 --> 00:56:40,869 is called the belt. The middle star... 521 00:56:41,030 --> 00:56:43,100 has the most beautiful name. 522 00:56:44,150 --> 00:56:45,265 What is it? 523 00:56:46,270 --> 00:56:48,306 Mintaka. 524 00:56:48,470 --> 00:56:50,062 Mintaka... 525 00:56:50,230 --> 00:56:52,027 The middle star. 526 00:56:56,830 --> 00:56:58,741 Yes, she loves that. 527 00:57:21,870 --> 00:57:23,383 What's wrong? 528 00:57:23,550 --> 00:57:25,029 A bear... 529 00:57:30,830 --> 00:57:32,058 Where is Oene? 530 00:57:32,230 --> 00:57:34,664 Where is Oene? 531 00:57:34,830 --> 00:57:37,503 Get the guns. The guns! 532 00:57:47,630 --> 00:57:48,904 Come on then! 533 00:57:50,990 --> 00:57:52,343 Come on then! 534 00:57:59,710 --> 00:58:01,507 Mintaka! 535 00:58:03,070 --> 00:58:05,345 Mintaka! 536 00:58:27,190 --> 00:58:29,784 A nice name. Mintaka! 537 00:59:50,470 --> 00:59:53,587 Laurens is back where he belongs. 538 00:59:54,630 --> 00:59:56,700 To our Father's House. 539 00:59:57,710 --> 01:00:00,827 We know that's what he always wanted. 540 01:00:03,510 --> 01:00:07,628 This is the house that will protect us and offer safety. 541 01:00:07,790 --> 01:00:09,223 lf God wills. 542 01:00:09,390 --> 01:00:11,699 We only want one thing. 543 01:00:11,870 --> 01:00:13,701 And that is to survive. 544 01:00:14,670 --> 01:00:17,184 Van Heemskerck is the captain. 545 01:00:17,350 --> 01:00:19,102 He remains the captain. 546 01:00:20,110 --> 01:00:22,783 But now he's a captain with no ship. 547 01:00:24,310 --> 01:00:28,144 lf l look around me: 1 1 men and a bird. 548 01:00:28,310 --> 01:00:30,266 God... 549 01:00:30,430 --> 01:00:33,502 l'm jealous of the bird. 550 01:00:33,670 --> 01:00:36,184 lf we all had two wings... 551 01:00:37,350 --> 01:00:39,659 we'd be in the lndies by now. 552 01:00:42,310 --> 01:00:47,782 We called it the Kept House, made from flotsam and the beams of our ship. 553 01:00:47,950 --> 01:00:51,579 The Kept House will protect and shelter us. 554 01:00:51,750 --> 01:00:53,741 lf God wills. 555 01:00:59,510 --> 01:01:02,627 Soon there won't be any light. 556 01:01:02,790 --> 01:01:04,428 Why not? 557 01:01:04,590 --> 01:01:07,866 The light disappears for the whole winter. 558 01:01:11,710 --> 01:01:14,304 Not even God's light get's here. 559 01:02:08,550 --> 01:02:09,824 Gerrit... 560 01:02:11,390 --> 01:02:13,779 What's the bird's name? 561 01:02:14,870 --> 01:02:16,269 Mintaka. 562 01:02:17,950 --> 01:02:20,259 Mintaka, that was it. 563 01:02:26,230 --> 01:02:29,506 Did Barentsz know all this in advance? 564 01:02:29,670 --> 01:02:31,786 That we'd end up here? 565 01:02:31,950 --> 01:02:33,463 What do you mean? 566 01:02:35,310 --> 01:02:38,666 That's what Vos told us. 567 01:02:44,590 --> 01:02:47,309 l don't know, Claes. 568 01:02:47,470 --> 01:02:49,904 But if Barentsz knew... 569 01:02:50,070 --> 01:02:53,267 then he must also know how to get us out of here. 570 01:02:53,430 --> 01:02:55,546 And then? 571 01:02:56,630 --> 01:02:59,508 We'll sail to China and the lndies. 572 01:02:59,670 --> 01:03:04,346 And we'll buy a beautiful big golden cage for Mintaka. 573 01:03:06,150 --> 01:03:09,699 Maybe she'll start singing in the warmth. 574 01:03:09,870 --> 01:03:12,703 What she does now doesn't sound too good. 575 01:03:15,630 --> 01:03:17,541 That girlfriend of yours... 576 01:03:17,710 --> 01:03:19,302 Catharina... 577 01:03:19,470 --> 01:03:21,381 Can she sing? 578 01:03:25,190 --> 01:03:26,464 l don't know. 579 01:03:55,390 --> 01:03:58,143 l am Galatea... 580 01:03:58,310 --> 01:04:01,382 and l stand here among the planets. 581 01:04:03,910 --> 01:04:07,425 The most beautiful star in the universe. 582 01:04:07,590 --> 01:04:08,864 Thank you. 583 01:04:09,950 --> 01:04:11,542 Your father says that. 584 01:04:14,710 --> 01:04:16,905 He does? 585 01:04:17,070 --> 01:04:18,423 To you? 586 01:04:21,190 --> 01:04:23,067 Yes, the most beautiful. 587 01:04:24,070 --> 01:04:26,026 He never says that to me. 588 01:04:26,910 --> 01:04:29,026 And the farthest. 589 01:04:32,470 --> 01:04:36,748 Boy, my daughter is as far away from you as the sun. 590 01:04:38,670 --> 01:04:42,822 15 December 1596. 591 01:04:42,990 --> 01:04:45,629 Salted meat and salt herring. 592 01:04:45,790 --> 01:04:49,339 Half a pound of food per person per day. 593 01:04:52,790 --> 01:04:56,749 The stock of beer is frozen and almost finished. 594 01:04:56,910 --> 01:05:01,779 There are 1 7 hard round cheeses, but not enough to last till the New Year. 595 01:05:02,870 --> 01:05:06,499 We eat little and it's bitterly cold. 596 01:05:06,670 --> 01:05:10,060 The freezing cold is always there. 597 01:05:10,230 --> 01:05:12,300 But the worst thing... 598 01:05:12,470 --> 01:05:14,904 is the lack of warmth. 599 01:05:19,910 --> 01:05:21,343 Do you want me to leave? 600 01:05:22,510 --> 01:05:23,659 No... 601 01:05:25,750 --> 01:05:27,342 Who is Galatea? 602 01:05:29,350 --> 01:05:30,908 A statue... 603 01:05:32,430 --> 01:05:34,102 made of ivory. 604 01:05:37,190 --> 01:05:39,545 A statue that comes to life. 605 01:05:40,430 --> 01:05:41,545 Oh yes... 606 01:05:43,350 --> 01:05:46,228 l'll come back tomorrow. - No. 607 01:05:53,670 --> 01:05:55,865 Come into the light. 608 01:06:16,710 --> 01:06:18,860 He gave her a kiss. 609 01:06:19,030 --> 01:06:21,419 Then she came to life. 610 01:07:35,350 --> 01:07:36,783 Jantje. 611 01:07:37,830 --> 01:07:39,309 Jantje. 612 01:07:39,470 --> 01:07:41,620 My pipe, please. 613 01:08:00,590 --> 01:08:01,864 When it's gone... 614 01:08:06,230 --> 01:08:09,028 The skipper has smoked his last pipe. 615 01:08:13,790 --> 01:08:15,781 lf you don't mind... 616 01:08:15,950 --> 01:08:18,384 then l'll close my eyes for a moment. 617 01:08:20,350 --> 01:08:22,739 Silence is golden. 618 01:08:22,910 --> 01:08:24,946 Silence. 619 01:08:25,110 --> 01:08:27,305 lndeed... 620 01:08:27,470 --> 01:08:29,620 There they are. 621 01:08:29,790 --> 01:08:31,587 Nelly and the children. 622 01:08:35,230 --> 01:08:36,902 Don't quarrel, kids. 623 01:08:37,790 --> 01:08:39,587 Keep quiet. 624 01:08:39,750 --> 01:08:41,866 Papa's having a bath. 625 01:08:58,830 --> 01:09:01,105 We need fresh meat. 626 01:09:02,310 --> 01:09:04,426 A trap, for foxes. 627 01:09:44,550 --> 01:09:47,189 24 December 1596. 628 01:09:51,630 --> 01:09:54,428 The weather is calm on this Christmas Eve. 629 01:09:55,670 --> 01:10:00,744 We comfort ourselves with the thought that the sun has passed half way... 630 01:10:00,910 --> 01:10:04,823 and is on its way back to us to give us her light. 631 01:10:05,950 --> 01:10:09,306 We really yearned to see the sun. 632 01:10:09,470 --> 01:10:14,305 Without God's most beautiful creation, life is filled with misery. 633 01:10:22,150 --> 01:10:23,629 Not too big... 634 01:10:31,350 --> 01:10:33,784 Now close the A. 635 01:10:39,750 --> 01:10:42,469 You need to work on your N. 636 01:10:42,630 --> 01:10:45,144 The A is really good. 637 01:10:45,310 --> 01:10:47,983 You're talented. One more time. 638 01:10:49,750 --> 01:10:51,980 A friend of mine from the village... 639 01:10:52,150 --> 01:10:54,948 was called Bartolomeus Huidekoper. 640 01:10:56,510 --> 01:11:00,059 l bet you're glad that's not your name, Jantje. 641 01:11:00,230 --> 01:11:03,506 Bar to lo me us Hui de ko per. 642 01:12:00,870 --> 01:12:02,144 Van Raamsdonck! 643 01:12:28,070 --> 01:12:29,059 Table. 644 01:13:17,070 --> 01:13:19,061 l'll take him from the roof. 645 01:13:20,510 --> 01:13:21,863 Musket... 646 01:14:34,070 --> 01:14:37,187 21 March 1597. 647 01:14:37,350 --> 01:14:39,022 The cold is grueling. 648 01:14:39,190 --> 01:14:44,583 lt looks like a bonus of the month of March, but that is my comfort. 649 01:14:44,750 --> 01:14:47,708 l know it can't last for ever. 650 01:14:47,870 --> 01:14:50,703 it will have to get warmer in the end. 651 01:14:57,790 --> 01:14:59,508 Soup. 652 01:15:11,910 --> 01:15:13,628 Gerrit... 653 01:15:13,790 --> 01:15:15,462 l have golden ducats. 654 01:15:16,430 --> 01:15:19,502 l want you to keep them for me, if l... 655 01:15:20,870 --> 01:15:22,781 if anything happens to me. 656 01:15:23,670 --> 01:15:25,501 No one must know. 657 01:15:29,230 --> 01:15:32,779 Really. l was to trade in China with them. 658 01:15:32,950 --> 01:15:35,942 lt has to go back to Neeltje and the children. 659 01:15:37,070 --> 01:15:40,142 l don't want them thrown out of the house. 660 01:15:40,310 --> 01:15:44,349 We're continuing across the ice to the lndies. 661 01:15:46,510 --> 01:15:48,660 l'm not, Gerrit. 662 01:15:48,830 --> 01:15:50,024 l'm not. 663 01:15:52,750 --> 01:15:54,069 Gerrit. 664 01:15:54,230 --> 01:15:57,063 You have to do it. You have to lead them. 665 01:15:57,230 --> 01:15:59,903 Here... 666 01:16:00,070 --> 01:16:01,503 For you. 667 01:16:24,070 --> 01:16:27,824 12 May 1597. 668 01:16:27,990 --> 01:16:32,381 Show me a beauty that exceeds hers. 669 01:16:32,550 --> 01:16:35,667 What other purpose has such beauty than to note... 670 01:16:35,830 --> 01:16:40,108 that she is nothing less than the most exquisite. 671 01:16:40,270 --> 01:16:43,262 You will never teach me ever to forget. 672 01:17:10,470 --> 01:17:12,904 For the Emperor of China... 673 01:17:13,070 --> 01:17:14,981 For the draughts... 674 01:17:15,150 --> 01:17:16,378 and the chimney. 675 01:17:16,550 --> 01:17:19,269 That's fine. Use it all. 676 01:17:56,430 --> 01:17:58,625 A little further on... 677 01:17:58,790 --> 01:18:00,746 is Jan Huygen. 678 01:18:00,910 --> 01:18:03,982 There are always Flemish regulars. 679 01:18:04,150 --> 01:18:05,981 We can't pass that by. 680 01:18:06,150 --> 01:18:08,664 There's always a familiar face. 681 01:18:10,310 --> 01:18:12,540 We have plenty of time. 682 01:18:14,990 --> 01:18:16,708 And plenty of money. 683 01:18:21,150 --> 01:18:23,789 Then l want to go to the baker... 684 01:18:23,950 --> 01:18:25,588 in Kalverstraat... 685 01:18:28,870 --> 01:18:30,940 for some currant bread. 686 01:18:34,910 --> 01:18:36,548 l want to go tomorrow... 687 01:18:38,310 --> 01:18:40,221 in Amsterdam. 688 01:18:41,310 --> 01:18:42,948 Tomorrow... 689 01:18:43,110 --> 01:18:45,385 We all do, Oene. 690 01:18:47,030 --> 01:18:48,782 We all do. 691 01:21:01,510 --> 01:21:03,148 Where is Jan? 692 01:22:10,590 --> 01:22:13,741 Jan ran away from the orphanage. 693 01:22:14,710 --> 01:22:19,704 The orphanage on Warmoestraat. He never wants to go back. 694 01:22:19,870 --> 01:22:21,747 He told me that. 695 01:22:23,350 --> 01:22:26,148 The sea was his father and mother. 696 01:22:29,390 --> 01:22:31,381 Jan went... 697 01:22:32,310 --> 01:22:35,382 wherever the wind and sea took him. 698 01:22:42,550 --> 01:22:45,018 Lord, watch over Jan. 699 01:22:45,190 --> 01:22:48,546 Lord, watch over Jan. 700 01:24:11,870 --> 01:24:14,703 There's light. The light came back. 701 01:24:14,870 --> 01:24:17,987 Boy... - Clear light, radiant. 702 01:24:18,150 --> 01:24:19,822 Like the first day. 703 01:24:19,990 --> 01:24:21,582 lmpossible. 704 01:24:21,750 --> 01:24:23,422 lt's too early. 705 01:24:29,830 --> 01:24:31,786 Here... light! 706 01:24:33,270 --> 01:24:35,659 Like the first day of creation. 707 01:24:38,390 --> 01:24:41,109 Men, we locked ourselves up here. 708 01:24:41,270 --> 01:24:43,181 We were afraid of darkness. 709 01:24:43,350 --> 01:24:44,988 But that has gone. 710 01:24:45,990 --> 01:24:49,380 The light came back. We have to wake up and go. 711 01:24:49,550 --> 01:24:52,144 What do you want us to do? Swim? 712 01:24:53,510 --> 01:24:55,228 Gerrit is right. 713 01:24:55,390 --> 01:24:57,506 You have to go. - We all have to go. 714 01:24:57,670 --> 01:25:00,662 How? l only hear words. - We still have sloops. 715 01:25:00,830 --> 01:25:02,058 They're wrecked. 716 01:25:02,230 --> 01:25:05,461 Then we'll repair them for the journey. 717 01:25:05,630 --> 01:25:07,461 You want to row? 718 01:25:07,630 --> 01:25:10,940 We'll find open water and row. - lt's crazy. 719 01:25:11,110 --> 01:25:13,385 ln the frozen sea? - We'll row. 720 01:25:13,550 --> 01:25:15,780 lf it blows, we'll hoist a sail. 721 01:25:15,950 --> 01:25:20,102 lt's crazy to stay here. - Who's in charge? 722 01:25:20,270 --> 01:25:23,068 Who will decide the route? 723 01:25:23,230 --> 01:25:25,744 The stars... 724 01:25:25,910 --> 01:25:28,140 Yes... 725 01:25:28,310 --> 01:25:30,426 But who will lead us home? 726 01:25:31,910 --> 01:25:34,060 Van Heemskerck? 727 01:25:34,230 --> 01:25:35,948 Or Barentsz? 728 01:25:36,110 --> 01:25:38,066 Or Professor Herring? 729 01:25:38,230 --> 01:25:43,099 He knows everything on his first voyage? Jantje was more experienced, dammit. 730 01:25:45,790 --> 01:25:48,020 l can read maps. 731 01:25:48,190 --> 01:25:50,465 And l know the stars. 732 01:25:50,630 --> 01:25:52,621 And what do you have to offer? 733 01:25:57,590 --> 01:25:59,148 We have to go. 734 01:26:05,710 --> 01:26:08,941 1 4 June 1597. 735 01:26:09,110 --> 01:26:13,308 At about 4:30, hoping for God's mercy... 736 01:26:13,470 --> 01:26:17,019 we left Nova Zembla with our boat and the sloop. 737 01:26:17,190 --> 01:26:20,421 We see no change or improvement in the weather... 738 01:26:20,590 --> 01:26:23,468 so we left our Kept House. 739 01:29:21,270 --> 01:29:22,623 A ship! 740 01:29:23,590 --> 01:29:25,706 A ship! 741 01:29:25,870 --> 01:29:28,304 A Dutch ship. 742 01:29:28,470 --> 01:29:30,222 We made it. 743 01:29:31,950 --> 01:29:33,099 That's good. 744 01:29:35,710 --> 01:29:37,985 Go on. 745 01:29:50,670 --> 01:29:53,707 2 September 1597. 746 01:29:53,870 --> 01:29:58,898 We find the ship of Jan Cornelis de Rijp, a Dutchman anchored here. 747 01:29:59,070 --> 01:30:01,265 God wanted it that way. 748 01:30:54,790 --> 01:30:57,509 He knew it all so well, didn't he? 749 01:30:57,670 --> 01:31:00,138 Where did it take him? 750 01:31:02,310 --> 01:31:05,347 To death. Yes, death. 751 01:31:05,510 --> 01:31:08,229 And you think you're a leader? 752 01:31:08,390 --> 01:31:12,144 Don't make me laugh. You don't have it in you. 753 01:31:16,990 --> 01:31:19,265 What use is this story? 754 01:31:19,430 --> 01:31:20,783 Your book? 755 01:31:20,950 --> 01:31:23,828 Who is waiting for it, man? 756 01:32:05,550 --> 01:32:08,110 What's the use of this story? 757 01:32:08,270 --> 01:32:11,501 All this misery? 758 01:32:14,110 --> 01:32:15,907 What use is it? 759 01:33:43,870 --> 01:33:47,545 6 October 1597. 760 01:33:47,710 --> 01:33:51,464 We left Amsterdam 1 7 months ago. 761 01:33:51,630 --> 01:33:54,906 The homecoming is important. 762 01:33:55,070 --> 01:33:56,788 Just like the voyage. 763 01:34:18,550 --> 01:34:21,826 ln the presence of God... 764 01:34:23,270 --> 01:34:25,022 the success... 765 01:34:25,190 --> 01:34:27,340 but... 766 01:34:27,510 --> 01:34:29,387 above all... 767 01:34:29,550 --> 01:34:31,745 the perseverance... 768 01:34:31,910 --> 01:34:36,904 in order to break down the blockades. 769 01:34:37,070 --> 01:34:39,425 lt's only the start. 770 01:34:39,590 --> 01:34:42,468 Thank you, Cornelis de Houtman. 771 01:35:17,830 --> 01:35:19,548 Welcome... 772 01:35:19,710 --> 01:35:21,302 Welcome back. 773 01:35:21,470 --> 01:35:24,223 You're in time for a feast. 774 01:35:24,390 --> 01:35:26,460 Amsterdam is having a feast. 775 01:35:26,630 --> 01:35:30,145 Cornelis de Houtman has found a way to the lndies. 776 01:35:30,310 --> 01:35:34,269 The well-known way, a long way, but successfully. 777 01:35:35,230 --> 01:35:39,542 Your achievement gives us hope. You're an example. 778 01:35:42,710 --> 01:35:44,063 Where is Barentsz? 779 01:35:57,390 --> 01:35:59,460 Barentsz is dead. 780 01:36:07,710 --> 01:36:09,462 Are there others? 781 01:36:09,630 --> 01:36:11,507 Laurens the carpenter. 782 01:36:13,190 --> 01:36:14,418 Harmen... 783 01:36:15,790 --> 01:36:18,179 Jan Fransz... 784 01:36:18,350 --> 01:36:19,465 and... 785 01:36:22,710 --> 01:36:23,859 Vos... 786 01:36:27,190 --> 01:36:29,829 Pieter Vos didn't make it either. 787 01:36:42,550 --> 01:36:44,541 But you're still alive, boy. 788 01:36:59,310 --> 01:37:01,301 Take this boy with you. 789 01:37:01,470 --> 01:37:03,825 Keep him away from my daughter. 790 01:37:03,990 --> 01:37:06,060 Make a man of him... 791 01:37:06,230 --> 01:37:09,427 or feed him to the white bears. 792 01:37:15,870 --> 01:37:17,622 That was a long time ago. 793 01:37:21,910 --> 01:37:23,582 That's the past. 794 01:37:34,470 --> 01:37:35,869 Gerrit. 795 01:37:40,830 --> 01:37:42,058 lt's really you. 796 01:37:53,270 --> 01:37:54,498 No... 797 01:37:57,190 --> 01:37:59,226 Don't open it yet, silly. 798 01:38:33,510 --> 01:38:39,619 Written in Amsterdam on the day before the last day of April of 1598. 799 01:38:39,790 --> 01:38:44,910 Your honourable, grateful and faithful servant and son-in-law... 800 01:38:45,070 --> 01:38:47,425 Gerrit de Veer. 801 01:38:47,590 --> 01:38:52,425 The voyages form the start of the glorious era of Amsterdam - the Golden Age. 802 01:38:52,590 --> 01:38:59,666 Only in 1932 does a Russian icebreaker sail north around Nova Zembla to Asia. 803 01:39:00,270 --> 01:39:03,626 The last resting place of Willem Barentsz has never been found. 804 01:39:03,790 --> 01:39:08,500 Jacob van Heemskerck dies in 1607 as admiral in the Battle of Gibraltar. 805 01:39:08,670 --> 01:39:14,666 Gerrit de Veer's diary is the world's first best-seller and boosts Holland's morale. 806 01:39:15,550 --> 01:39:18,860 The city's bonus was never paid to the crew. 807 01:39:19,030 --> 01:39:23,626 No historic document has been found about the rest of Gerrit de Veer's life. 808 01:39:43,550 --> 01:39:46,508 This film is dedicated to all those who sailed to Nova Zembla. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.moviesubtitles.org