The Dutch used Jan Mayen Island as a base for whaling having also established a semi-permanent shore station in the early seventeenth century on Amsterdam Island, Svalbard, which became the village of Smeerenburg.
Belanda menggunakan Pulau Jan Mayen sebagai basis penangkapan paus, serta mendirikan stasiun pantai semi permanen di awal abad ke-17 di Pulau Amsterdam, Svalbard, yang menjadi desa Smeerenburg.