News and events

Sun, 30 Dec 2007, France 5

Vagabond des glaces (84'), at 00:30 on France 5 TV: the North-West passage, second part of Vagabond's circumpolar expedition.

Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Explorator spirit

At 12:15 on RFI, second part of program lead by Arielle Cassim.

Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Explorator spirit

At 12:15 on RFI, first part of program lead by Arielle Cassim.

Wed, 26 Dec 2007, France 5

Vagabond des glaces (84'), at 16:00 on France 5 TV: the North-West passage, second part of Vagabond's circumpolar expedition.

Wed, 26 Dec 2007, L'Humanité

Circumpolaris presented in l'Humanité.

Sat, 22 Dec 2007, France Bleu Breiz Izel

Interview by Michel Pagès for Le Mag in Breiz at 4pm.

Sat, 22 Dec 2007, La République du centre

Circumpolaris presented in Republique du centre.

Wed, 19 Dec 2007, RCF Isère

Eric interviewed by Annie Francou for Passion Montagne at 11:30.

Sun, 16 Dec 2007, Le Quotidien de La Réunion

Circumpolaris presented in the Quotidien de La Réunion et de l'Océan Indien.

Sat, 15 Dec 2007, Polar film festival

Showing the film 'The icy gates to the Pacific' (52', North-East passage of Vagabond), during polar film festival of Rousses. See program.

Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Escape

Portrait of Eric in Escape magazine. Download here.

Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Arte

La banquise craque broadcasted on Arte TV (Arte's Epedition) at 7:30.

Tue, 11 Dec 2007, AFP

Circumpolaris presented by AFP.

Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Le Manguier

Eric, France and Léonie on board Le Manguier from 10 to 16 December in the Cyclades (read the blog), with Philippe Hercher, leader of Exploration Pacifique

Sun, 09 Dec 2007, France Culture

"Altitudes and latitudes of cold" : Claude Lorius, Sylvain Jouty and Eric Brossier interviewed by Marie-Hélène Fraïssé for Tout un Monde at 3pm.

Sat, 08 Dec 2007, Arte

La banquise craque broadcasted on Arte TV (Arte's Epedition) at 10:10.

Fri, 07 Dec 2007, Radio Courtoisie

Cultures and Explorations: Eric on Radio Courtoisie at 12:00.

Wed, 05 Dec 2007, Arte

La banquise craque broadcasted on Arte TV (Arte's Epedition) at 11:25.

Tue, 04 Dec 2007, France Bleu Bourgogne

Circumpolaris presented in 'Book sellers' choice' program, on France Bleu Bourgogne radio.

Mon, 03 Dec 2007, Arte

At 20:15 on Arte TV, 26 minutes film made by Nicolas Jouvin in March 2007 for Arte's Expeditions: La banquise craque (or in German)

Mon, 03 Dec 2007, Paris Boat Show

Eric and France at Paris Boat Show from 3rd to 9th December:
- 4th December 2pm, meeting and projection at Eberspächer exhibition stand,
- 4th December, 3 to 3:30pm, Eric and France interviewed by Yvon Etienne for France Bleu Breiz Izel,
- 4th December, 4 to 5pm at Agora: "3 winters at Spitsbergen to study sea ice"
- 4th December from 6 to 7pm, signing book Circumpolaris at Chasse Marée stand,
- 8th December, 4 to 5pm at Agora: debate about adventure, sailing and environment
- 9th December, at 12:15, interview by Arielle Cassim live on RFI (listen),
- 9th December, at 3pm, debate about French exploration lead by Arielle Cassim for RFI, boadcasted on 27 and 28 December,
- 9th December, 4 to 5pm at Agora: "family wintering at Spitsbergen, to better understand climate change"
- 9th December from 6 to 7pm, signing book Circumpolaris at Chasse Marée stand

Sun, 02 Dec 2007, Planète Thalassa

Circumpolaris presented in Carnets de bord on Planète Thalassa TV.

Sun, 02 Dec 2007, France Bleu Pays d'Auvergne

Circumpolaris presented in H2O.

Sat, 01 Dec 2007, Autrans Festival

- 9:30 : "L'esprit vagabond" (26'), by Benoît Aymon and Pierre-Antoine Hiroz
- 10:30 : Eric Brossier invited at a writers debate about International Polar Year, with Claude Lorius, glaciologist, and Sylvain Jouty, journalist
- 17:30 : signatures of Circumpolaris, Vagabond dans l'Arctique

Sat, 01 Dec 2007, AMAPOF

Circumpolaris presented in French Southern and Polar Expeditions Club magazine.

Sat, 01 Dec 2007, Voiles et Voiliers

Circumpolaris presented in Voiles et Voiliers.

Wed, 28 Nov 2007, ZDF

“Abenteuer Wissen”, film made by Dominic Eggizi in April 2007 for German TV ZDF, broadcast at 10:30pm.

Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Damocles GA

Eric will be at Damocles General Assembly in Oslo from 28 to 30 November.

Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Glénat

Coming out of the book 100 ans d'explorations, about the 70 main French exploring expeditions all over the world, including Vagabond's circumpolar journey.

Sat, 24 Nov 2007, Mountain of Silence

Presenting next expedition of Mountain of Silence, with Vagabond's collaboration.

Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Little O stories at Hanvec

Vagabond's missions, whose crew is based at Hanvec, is illustrating solid state of water in the exhibition organised by Association Local-Jeunes, from 23rd November to 3rd December 2007. More infos here or here, also in Telegramme on 17th December.

Sun, 18 Nov 2007, Le Telegramme

Circumpolaris presented in Le Telegramme.

Wed, 07 Nov 2007, BWR

Eric and France will be in Barcelone from 7 to 13 November to support Bilou starting the Barcelona World Race.

Mon, 29 Oct 2007, La Une

Circumpolaris presented in Weekly Letter of Professional Media in Brittany.

Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Oceanographic Adventure Film Festival

Eric and France at Océanopolis from 26 October to 4 November. This year festival's theme: the poles.

Tue, 16 Oct 2007, RCF Parabole

Interview by Jean Ponsignon for Question d'Actualité on RCF, during Adventure Film Festival, broadcasted at 18:16.

Thu, 11 Oct 2007, Adventure Screens

Eric and France at International Adventure Film Festival from 11 to 13 October in Dijon.

Tue, 02 Oct 2007, Glénat

Coming out of the book Circumpolaris, Vagabond dans l'Arctique. Written by France and Eric about their expedition around the Arctic and their 3 first winters in Spitsbergen.

Mon, 01 Oct 2007, Nautilus

Circumpolaris presented in Nautilus Magazine.

Wed, 26 Sep 2007, University of Longyearbyen

Eric is talking at UNIS (Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen) about Vagabond's winterings at Spitsbergen during a lunch seminar.

Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Cruising World

Interview by Michael Lovett for cruisingworld.com.

Wed, 15 Aug 2007, France Inter

Interview done by Stéphane Côme for Isabelle Autissier's program, In Extremis.

Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Le Monde

Interview done by Charlie Buffet in Le Monde.

Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Europe 1 radio

Eric and France participating at Jacques Pradel's program on Europe 1 from 9:00 to 10:30. Play.

Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Radio France International

Eric and France by phone with Arielle Cassim, in program 'le Quotidien de la mer', on RFI between 13:40 et 14:00.

Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Eric's Almanach

Portrait of Eric in Erica's blog.

Fri, 08 Jun 2007, Plancton of the World

Océanopolis and CEMPAMA organise the event "Plancton of the world" in the contexte of the World Oceans Day: live phone communication from Vagabond with about one hundred children.

Wed, 06 Jun 2007, Radio de la mer

Interview of Eric on Radio de la mer.

Fri, 01 Jun 2007, Futura Sciences

Complete document about Vagabond missions on line on Futura Sciences.

Sun, 20 May 2007, TSR1

'Vagabond, Arctic Bound' on TSR1.

Tue, 01 May 2007, Ecoute

Vagabond in Ecoute magazine.

Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Dimanche Ouest-France

Articles from Jean Lallouët on 15 and 22 April issues.

Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Océanopolis

Launching the exhibition Voyages aux Pôles, live with Vagabond and her guests from Spitsbergen.

Fri, 13 Apr 2007, France Bleu

Jérôme Lebreton live from Vagabond on France Bleu Radio to launch the exhibition Voyages to the Poles, on 13 and 14th April.

Sun, 01 Apr 2007, Voiles et Voiliers

Participating at PAPIERS, S’IL VOUS PLAÎT!, article about clearances around the world, published in Voiles et Voilier magazine.

Mon, 05 Mar 2007, Expo Damocles

Damocles exhibition in Brussels from 5th to 15th March 2007. See the film.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007, Yachting World

'One Amazing Day', Eric interviewed by Elaine Bunting in Yachting World.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007, Nautilus

Large collaboration from Vagabond to special issue about 'Poles' of Nautilus Magazine.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007, Zeilen

Double page on Vagabond in Zeilen magazine.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007, France Info

Eric interviewed by Sébastien Paour on radio France Info, when launching the International Polar Year.

Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Norwegian Polar Institute

Overwinterings of Vagabond : short talk at Norsk Polarinstitutt, in Tromso, at 11:30.

Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Polar Nights

Phone communication around 16:30 during the festival organized by Grand Nord Grand Large at the Oceanographic Institute in Paris.

Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Crossed portraits

France and Eric in Le Télégramme, by David Cormier

Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Les Echos

Interview of Eric Brossier in newspaper Les Echos.

Sat, 03 Feb 2007, Aux 4 Coins du Monde

Showing 'Vagabond, wintering in Spitsbergen' (13', Samuel Ducoin) at Chartres de Bretagne at 15:00, during festival Aux 4 coins du Monde

Thu, 01 Feb 2007, Loisirs Nautiques

Story about the 2 first winterings in Spitsbergen in Loisirs Nautiques.

Thu, 01 Feb 2007, Vela e Motore

Story about the 2 first winterings in Spitsbergen in Vela e Motore (see also here).

Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Radio France International

Eric and France by phone in Arielle Cassim's program, le Quotidien de la mer, on RFI between 12:40 et 13:00.

Sun, 28 Jan 2007, France Inter

France by phone in program Au détour du monde between 4 and 5pm.

Sun, 07 Jan 2007, France 24

DAMOCLES project is on France 24 at 22:45 (click on 'Live feed').

Sat, 06 Jan 2007, France 24

DAMOCLES project is on France 24 at 15:15 and 22:15 (click on 'Live feed').

Tue, 02 Jan 2007, France 24

DAMOCLES project is on France 24 at 15:45 (click on 'Live feed').

Mon, 01 Jan 2007, France 24

DAMOCLES project is on France 24 at 10:15, 11:45 and 18:15 (click on 'Live feed').