Back in pictures on The Arctic Circle Assembly 2021 in Reykjavik. Several sustained and very enriching days for the whole team, and which marked again, the importance of scientific research to preserve this region particularly sensitive to climate change. A big thank you to Mrs. Aval Moll, political and economic advisor of Embassy of [...]
A big congratulations to the 4th year students in 3D Polydesign from the Centre de Formation Professionnelle Arts de Genève who have brilliantly adapted the scenography of the exhibition "On the plastic tracks of Magellan". Initially deployed at the Théâtre de l'Orangerie in 2019, the exhibition mounted in partnership with Oceaneye on microplastic pollution [...]
Part of the Fondation Pacifique team headed to Reykjavik this morning. During The Arctic Circle Assembly, the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from over 60 countries, the Fondation Pacifique is honored to present "The Arctic Expedition" this Thursday, October 14 at 6:00 p.m. with a conference [...]
Naturalist story with this purple sandpiper, which took refuge on the roof of the wheelhouse of the Mauritius after being attacked by two parasitic jaegers. After a fierce fight, the little bird took some time to recover from its emotions, a moment of respite for the bird that benefited the naturalist Pierre Baumgart. [...]
While this Wednesday, September 22, marks the beginning of autumn, the Mauritius is already experiencing the first snowfalls in Greenland. This second year of expedition is slowly coming to an end, and it is after more than 2000 miles of sailing along the magnificent and wild west coast of Greenland, that the sailboat has [...]
In the middle of the icebergs, the artist Katharina Kreil joined the Mauritius in August, with a printing press in her luggage. And it's a nice sequence of life on board that follows. The crew was able to learn engraving under the guidance of the Geneva-based artist. A big congratulations to Ely Xir, young [...]
75°52.2N 064°57.2W The northernmost position of the trip this year for the Mauritius. In a setting as wild as it is majestic, Léa Dillard (crew member on board) and Laure Muller (scientific manager) took the zodiac to take samples of underwater sounds as part of the "EAR TO THE WILD" program conducted in partnership [...]
Since the beginning of August, the naturalist artist Pierre Baumgart has been back on board the Mauritius. The quest for the narwhal continues for the Genevan artist who hopes to meet the emblematic cetacean of the Arctic from the sailboat, a mission planned for the 4 years of the expedition around the Arctic. [...]
While sailing up the Baffin Sea, the monitoring of greenhouse gases is continuing on board the Mauritius in the framework of The Arctic Change, a scientific program conducted in partnership with the University of Geneva and the F.-A. Forel Department of Environmental and Water Sciences.At the moment, Laure Müller, our scientific director at the [...]
Some of the crew went ashore in Qeqertarsuaq, and had the chance to see the ice giants flirting with the coast in complete serenity.Beyond its incredible landscapes, the small town is also home to "The Arctic Station", a leading platform for environmental research at the University of Copenhagen. Built in 1906 by the Danish [...]
