Novaya Zemlya's west coast as depicted in De Veer's diary

Gerrit de Veer (c. 1570–c. 1598) was a Dutch officer on Willem Barentsz' second and third voyages of 1595 and 1596 respectively, in search of the Northeast passage.

De Veer kept a diary of the voyages and in 1597, was the first person to observe and record the Novaya Zemlya effect, and the first Westerner to observe hypervitaminosis A caused by consumption of the liver of a polar bear.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Lips, Paul (23 January 2003). "Hypervitaminosis A and Fractures". New England Journal of Medicine. 348 (4): 347–349. doi:10.1056/NEJMe020167. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 12540650.


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