News and events

Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Canyousea

Roland Jourdain presents Vagabond's project, and is telling us about polar adventure.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011, Polar Sails

Live phone link at 3:20pm with the public of Polar Sails, organised by Grand Nord Grand Large at Oceanographic Institute in Paris.

Mon, 05 Dec 2011, Paris Boat Show

Phone link with Technopôle Brest Iroise and Brest Métropole Océane at Paris Boat Show. Watch the interview.

Mon, 21 Nov 2011, oceans-sailors

On website oceans-sailors, an article by François de Bercegol.

Sun, 20 Nov 2011, Dimanche Ouest-France

Article by Sébastien Panou in Dimanche Ouest-France, 20 November 2011.

Thu, 03 Nov 2011, Adventure Film Festival

Phone link between Vagabond's crew and the public of the festival in Dijon, after a presentation of next film being shot.

Mon, 10 Oct 2011, Biovague

Econautic follow up of Vagabond's expedition with Biovague.

Sat, 25 Jun 2011, ADN

Documentary by Rémy Marion and Katia Quéméré for France 2 TV on June 25th, 14:50.

Mon, 13 Jun 2011, Chef Carlos and Harissa

Chef Carlos Marsal and our Tunisian partner TUCAL are supplying Vagabond with Harissa! Watch video edited by Tunisian TV.

Wed, 01 Jun 2011, Explorer Magazine

Article about Vagabond and her crew in Explorer Magazine, issue #37 (June 2011), from our partner SPB.
See poster.

Fri, 13 May 2011, Expedition 2011-2012

Vagabond leaves Brest, going westward up to Greenland for a scientific program on walruses, in a collaboration with IPEV. She will then go North for a collaboration with Canada, in the region of Grise Fjord, south of Ellesmere Island, where she will stay for wintering 2011-2012. Read the AFP article from January 2011.
read also articles published on May 13 in Ouest-France and in Le T�l�gramme.
Watch T�b�o TV news.

Fri, 13 May 2011, French Navy

Two ship's apprentices join the crew to Greenland, in the context of an education partnership with French Navy school in Brest.

Thu, 12 May 2011, Safer Seas

Eric will participate to the International Congress Safer Seas, organised by Technopôle Brest Iroise, to talk about security and safety in norther sea routes.

Mon, 09 May 2011, Centre d'Instruction Naval de Brest

Presentation of the new mission of Vagabond and her partnerships, at 20:45.

Thu, 28 Apr 2011, Tébéo

Hubert Coudurier hosts Eric in his show "L'invité".

Sun, 17 Apr 2011, IPEV

Open day on board Vagabond for IPEV personnel.

Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Crédit Agricole

Salon des Trophées de la Vie Locale, Parc de Penfeld in Brest.

Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Ecole des Mousses

Eric and France invited by the French École des Mousses (ship's apprentice school), at the Centre of Naval Instruction in Brest.

Sat, 09 Apr 2011, Hanvec 21

"Dernières nouvelles de l'Arctique", presented by Eric, at 16:00 in Hanvec.

Fri, 08 Apr 2011, Pôle Mer Bretagne

Eric invited by the General Assembly of Pôle Mer Bretagne.

Thu, 31 Mar 2011, Technopôle Brest-Iroise

During the General Assembly of Technopôle Brest-Iroise, in collaboration with Michel Morvan (Technopôle's director), Yves Frénot (IPEV's director) et Eric Hussenot (Océanopolis' director), Eric present the next missions of Vagabond (19:00 at Océanopolis).

Sat, 19 Mar 2011, Les Escales

Eric and France invited at the Festival du livre de la mer et de l'aventure, March 19th and 20th 2011, in Binic. Book signing of Circumpolaris. Projection of he film Sous les étoiles du pôle on Friday March 18th at 20:30 on the ship La Fée de l’Aulne.

Sat, 12 Mar 2011, Persépolis

Conference by Séverine Philibert at Persépolis in Saint-Ouen, during the "little philosophical conferences" for 9-13 years old, at 16:30.

Tue, 08 Mar 2011, Grenoble

Mon, 07 Mar 2011, Autrans

Projection and meeting with France et Eric, at 21:00, in Autrans (Isère).

Fri, 04 Mar 2011, Die

Projection and meeting with France and Eric, at 20:00, in Die (Drôme). Event organised with «Ecologie au Quotidien».

Thu, 03 Mar 2011, Viviers

Projection and meeting with France and Eric, at 20:30, in Viviers sailing club (Ardèche).

Wed, 02 Mar 2011, Alba-la-Romaine

Projection and meeting with France and Eric at 20:30, in Alba-la-Romaine (Ardèche).

Tue, 01 Mar 2011, Neptune

9 pages about the route followed by Ecotroll, from Lyon to Groenland and back to Brest, in March issue of Neptune magazine. Texts and pictures by France and Eric.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011, Les Nuits Polaires

Presentation of the expedition Northern Passage (Eric translating Borge Ousland), and of the route of Ecotroll, during the Festival International du Film Polaire, organised by Grand Nord Grand Large at the Institut Océanographique in Paris, Feb. 26th and 27th 2011.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011, Crédit Agricole

Eric invited by the General Assembly of the local branch of Crédit Agricole for a projection and meeting with its members. The project for kids, linked with Vagabond's next mission, has been awarded during this meeting, within the Trophées de la vie locale .

Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Les Angles

All of Vagabond's crew is invited at the Festival de l'Aventure, in Les Angles (Pyrénées Orientales), from Jan. 24th to 28th 2011. Projection of the film Sous les étoiles du pôle.

Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Bordeaux-Béring-Bordeaux

Eric speaks during the press conference of the project Bordeaux-Béring-Bordeaux.

Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Tébéo

Direct on Tébéo, France is invited by Sophie Le Croizier in La Complète, at 18:30.

Thu, 06 Jan 2011, Le Faou

France presents the route followed by Ecotroll (2010) and the five winterings of Vagabond in Spitsberg (2004-2009), at 15:30, in the Prat an Aod residency, in Le Faou.