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Nova Zembla

Where:

🇷🇺 Russia 🇳🇱 Netherlands

When:

The 16th Century

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.

Released in 2011 — 108 minutes

Genres:

History Drama

Language:

Dutch