A road movie from the Dutch capital Amsterdam towards two homonymous islands. One is integrated in the French Austral and Antarctic Lands, the other is part of the Norwegian Spitsberg archipelago, in the glacial Arctic Ocean. Two film-makers, Rob Rombout and Rogier van Eck, followed the footsteps of two illustrious 16th-century Dutch navigators : Willem Barentsz and Cornelis de Houtman who left Amsterdam to open the routes to the spices islands.

Coproduction	R & R / Centre de l’audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA) / RTBF / Image Création
Production	R & R
Distribution /sales	H & W Company
Length	80'
Format	Digibeta, stereo, 16/9
Language versions	French, English, Dutch and Arabic subtitles
Broadcast	RTBF, TV5 International
Award	"Best Foreign Film" op het " Route 66 Film Festival", Springfield, USA, september 2005
Festival nominations	Filmfestival Saracuse USA, April 2006 39th Worldfest Independant Film Festival in Houston USA, April 2006
Screenings	Harbour Festival IJmuiden 25 and 26 August 2006
DVD for sale	Via H & W Company( € 15)
Support of	Studio l'Équipe & Triangle 7 (Brussels) Amsterdam Fund for the Arts