Spitzbergen: Attack by Polar Bears, 1634. Woodcut from Jacob Segersz van der Brugge's journal. Jacob Segersz van der Brugge published his journal shortly after returning home from whaling in 1634. From 1617 onwards, a Danish-chartered company began sending whaling fleets to Spitsbergen. Spitzbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago, Norway.

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