A unique outreach project! In the pursuit of a more inclusive wintering with local communities, the Geneva-based naturalist artist Pierre Baumgart joined the sailing ship Mauritius recently. This new program aims to link Swiss schools and the community of Greenland in order to address scientific, environmental and naturalist themes through drawing. On the occasion [...]
Back on the week of the Mauritius crew. First and good news: Yffig, the association's official rigger, is on board! An iconic figure at Pacifique, Yffig came to support Pietro and Thibaut for the last crew change planned for this wintering period. An arrival in difficult conditions due to the particularly low temperatures in [...]
It was while getting up that the crew of the Mauritius was surprised to come across the tracks of a polar bear. The specimen, probably attracted by the smell of a seal hunted earlier by the locals, had all the time in the world to steal the prey to consume it a few meters [...]
The integration with the Inuit community continues, and bonds are being forged between the locals and the wintering crew on board the sailboat. One of the inhabitants, Gerhard, proposed to Pietro and Thibaut to visit the community workshop of Greenland, where reindeer and musk ox horns are mainly worked to make tools or sculptures. [...]
Another difficult week on board the Mauritius. With temperatures hovering around -20°C and repeated white days. Everyone stayed cooped up to let the storm pass. It was impossible in these conditions to deploy the new scientific apparatus of the LAB of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia - Spain. The autonomous recording station should soon [...]
International Day of Women and Girls in Science! This is an opportunity to honour all the women who have committed themselves to Fondation Pacifique to better understand our impact on the oceans, and who are an integral part of the crew, both on board and on land. Three photos from season 2 in the [...]
Today the OneOceanSummit opens in Brest, an international summit that brings together scientists, lawyers, economic and regional actors and State representatives. Its aim is to complete international maritime law in order to better protect the biodiversity of the high seas. Naturally, this is an event that we at the Fondation Pacifique are following closely, [...]
The handover of the Mauritius boat with the departure of Pere, Josep and Emilien (many thanks to them!) and the arrival of the new crew Pietro, Pascal and Thibaut. A change of crew that coincides with the arrival of cold weather in Greenland, with temperatures ranging from -10°C to -16°C and gusts to 30 [...]
For two years now, Fondation Pacifique has been organising, with the help of the Geneva Department of Public Education (DIP), artistic workshops entitled "Dessine-moi le voyage" (Draw me a journey) on the theme of travel writing. This year, no less than 60 workshops are offered to primary and secondary I and II pupils to [...]
The spellbinding ballet of the northern lights continues on the sailing ship Mauritius, wintering in Greenland. The atmospheric luminous phenomenon - due to the interaction between the charged particles of the solar wind and the various atoms and molecules of the atmosphere - has been accompanying the crew, who have been plunged into the [...]
