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.
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FULL TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W--PtYvYeswPuruf3stqyjDxSAByZOuz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116393133462297140352&rtpof=true&sd=true
MAIN SOURCES:
Canon van Flevoland (Canon Van Nederland):
https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/flevoland/flevoland
De inpolderingshistorie (Stichting Polder Pioniers):
https://www.stichtingpolderpioniers.nl/inpolderingshistorie/
Ontgonnen verleden (WUR):
https://edepot.wur.nl/144249
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