Land falls dry

Men from the Rijksdienst IJsselmeer Polders drive in a car over the abandoned new dike between the IJsselmeer and the polder of southern Flevoland. They get out, put on special trippers, wide plates for under their shoes, and walk over the new polder, sinking deep into the mud. With drills they take samples from the soil and biologists catch insects for research with formalin traps. There are also…