Dutch Greenland whaler Witte Olifant returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 9 September 1704

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 6 September reported that according to letters received from Rotterdam there a day earlier the Dutch Greenland whaler Witte Olifant 3 whales arrived in the Vlie. The ships had been harrassed by a lot of mist on the whaling ground and until half July were the catch results worse until these improved and it possible was to enter the ice around the east where a lot of whales could be caught.