Book launch: For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions through Arctic Lands, 1818-1876, by Hubert Sagnières, foreword by Paul Nicklen, Arctic exploration advisers Mike Beedell and Eric Brossier. At the Explorers Club in New York City on October 17th at 6pm.
Book launch: Là où le temps et la glace sont les seuls maîtres : Expéditions à travers les terres arctiques, 1818-1876, by Hubert Sagnières, foreword Jean-Louis-Etienne, Arctic exploration advisers Mike Beedell and Eric Brossier. At the Canadian cultural center in Paris (75008), on October 7th from 8pm to 9:30pm.
Screening of the film Climate Observers, followed by a discussion between France and Eric and the audience at the Thénac Literary and Arts Festival, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (free admission).
A training day led by Eric Brossier, organized at the request of the TAAF (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and the IPEV (French Polar Institute) for personnel working on sea ice in the vicinity of the Dumont d'Urville station: safety on sea ice during scientific work or light logistical operations.
Science coordinator aboard the icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot from Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen) to Nome (Alaska), via the geographic and magnetic North Poles, from September 5 to 25, 2025.
Taking part in the first day of the Summer University - Sea and Education 2025 - Arctic worlds: so far away, yet so close?. Round table discussion: “Myths, constraints, and challenges: how to adapt to the North Pole?”, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the IUEM in Plouzané (29).
Vagabond had not been back in French waters since May 2011... After a rough crossing from Greenland with her family crew, she is now moored at Le Faou, at the far end of Brest harbor (her home port).
Screening of the film Climate research in the Arctic, a family in the service of science at the community center in Narsaq (Greenland) at 7 p.m.
The Vagabond model is on display at the Paul-Emile Victor Polar Worlds Center in Prémanon (Jura, France), which is hosting the exhibition Polar Passions: When Dreams Lead to the Poles until September 30, 2026. Read the article in Le Monde and the one in Voix du Jura.
Screening of the film In the Arctic Ice, by Pia GRZESIAK and Dirk WEILER, followed by a discussion with the audience moderated by Carlos MARSAL, at 8:30 p.m.
