The ocean has been friend and foe for as The Netherlands exist. The Dutch have long used their ingenuity to manage the water, but a perfect storm in 1916 prompted them to embark on the most ambitious project to date: to reclaim the Zuider Sea.

FULL TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W...

MAIN SOURCES:
Canon van Flevoland (Canon Van Nederland):
https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/f...

De inpolderingshistorie (Stichting Polder Pioniers):
https://www.stichtingpolderpioniers.n...

Ontgonnen verleden (WUR):
https://edepot.wur.nl/144249

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