EXPEDITIONS Nr 1, November 2020 – Looking back on a year full of adventures
Newsletter of the Fondation Pacifique Nr 1, November 2020 Let's stay on course! To hell with [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Capsule 7 : Learning ropes in front of the Esmark glacier
Still in the framework of the socio-educational programme "Jeunes en Mer", the Mauritius continues to welcome young people on board. And what better [...]
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 [...]
Capsule 6 : Whale watching north of Spitsbergen
So many encounters with wildlife in Svalbard. After the polar bears, the crew had the chance to observe two whales in the north of [...]
In the fjords north of Spitsbergen
July 29, 2020 (Day 52) "Heading for Ny-Ålesund - a former mining town converted into an international research center. Chunks of ice float in [...]