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So far C. L. has created 399 blog entries.

Best wishes for 2021

The Board and the whole team of the Fondation Pacifique send you their best wishes for 2021 and thank you for your support throughout the past year. And what a year... Despite the very exceptional circumstances we all experimented in 2020, we were able to launch a new Arctic expedition focused on climate change, [...]

2020-12-23T14:36:35+01:0023 December 2020|

End of the first year of navigation for The Arctic Expedition

A great moment of emotion for the whole crew of the Fondation Pacifique. After three months of sailing, the Swiss schooner Mauritius arrived in Keflavík at the end of its first year of expedition in early September. The data collected for the scientific programmes Arctic Change (greenhouse gas monitoring led by Daniel McGinnis and [...]

2021-06-12T12:34:30+02:0018 September 2020|

Capsule 9: Polar encounter

Between Greenland and Iceland, the calm sea and milder weather allowed the crew of the Mauritius to capture these magnificent images of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). A sanctuary for cetaceans, this whale gratified us with a nice dive to regain the serenity of the depths.

2020-11-30T18:43:51+01:003 September 2020|

Arrival in Iceland

September 1, 2020 (Day 86) "After our difficult journey through the Greenlandic ice, we finally see the Icelandic coast and are happy to find a smooth and calm sea again. It is Pierre who sees the land first! We arrive at the end of the evening in the western fjords, and more specifically in [...]

2020-12-04T17:34:07+01:001 September 2020|

Capsule 8: In the ice

We are trying to reach the east coast of Greenland, but sailing between pieces of pack ice is a difficult exercise, which requires constant concentration and a lookout at the front of the boat. When the fog falls to 150 meters, we take the zodiac to open the way. Yves impresses us all by [...]

2021-06-12T12:35:06+02:0028 August 2020|

Stopover in Barentsburg

July 31, 2020 (54th day) "We set sails for Barentsburg, a mining town still in activity located in the middle of the Svalbard archipelago. On our way, we see walruses and whales. To observe them in more detail, we have to brave the biting cold on the deck. Arriving in Barentsburg, we discover a [...]

2020-11-30T18:32:48+01:0031 July 2020|
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