Whaling in the Arctic Ocean, around 1725. Two polar bears are featured in the foreground as three boats filled with sailors row towards a whale whose back is exposed in the water. Four larger sailing vessels rest in the distance.
One of a series of 12 engravings from Views of the Greenland Whale Fishery (Kline Visschery). Titles in Dutch, German, and English. Each inscribed S. Vdr. Meulen Delineavit. A Vander Laan Fecit. P. Schenk Iun: Excud[it]. Amst[erdam] Cum Priv[ilegio].
