NOVA ZEMBLA

Gerrit de Veer, a novice writer on a 16th-century Dutch merchant vessel, chronicles the daring mission to discover a trade route across the North Pole to Asia. But the heroic journey turns into tragedy when the ship gets stuck in the relentless, penetrating ice. The men are forced to spend the winter on the frozen, arctic wasteland of Nova Zembla, fighting polar bears, hunger and lethal temperatures. Their chances of making it until the following spring are virtually zero.

The Crew

Robert de Hoog

Gerrit de Veer

Jan Decleir

Petrus Plancius

Derek de Lint

Willem Barentsz

Doutzen Kroes

Catharina Plancius

Victor Reinier

Jacob van Heemskerck

Juda Goslinga

Laurens

Bas Keijzer

Kok

Teun Kuilboer

Pieter Vos

Mads Wittermans

Chirurgijn

Semmy Schilt

Claes