Your are passionate by cycling and by breathtaking northern landscapes, then you will love to watch the The Arctic Race of Norway 2015 taking place between August 13th and August 16th 2015. After having wound through the Norwegian fjords around … Continue reading
Watch on this Friday 23 of January 2015 at 20h50 the French documentary “Il était une fois l’Arctique (Once upon a time the Arctic)” on French Tv program Thalassa, France 3… … L’Arctique fond. L’ours polaire se meurt. La … Continue reading
Claudine Brasseur, Belgian Tv presenter of “Nature & Wildlife” Tv programme Le Jardin Extraordinaire, gives her view on Belgian radio “La Prem1ère” about Patrick Reader’s passion for the Arctic and his French polar book “L’Appel de l’Arctique” (Arctic Calling) including … Continue reading
The Adventure Film Festival 2015 will be held in France on the 30, 31st January and 1st February 2015 at CENTQUATRE in Paris. 21 exceptional adventure films will be broadcasted including “VAÏHÉRÉ CAP SUR L’ANTARCTIQUE (Vaïhéré, heading for Antarctica)”, on Friday … Continue reading
The 2015 dog sled race “La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc” held in the beautiful French Alpes will take place from the 11th till 22 of January 2015…Be amazed during these two weeks by this unsual 750km international competition through fantastic white … Continue reading
The book “Conan Doyle au pôle Nord – Les Carnets retrouvés du père de Sherlock Holmes” published in French in 2014 by “Paulsen éditions” is about hunting whales in the Arctic during the 19th century. “… En 1880, Arthur Conan Doyle, alors … Continue reading
A wonderful documentary “Babouchka, l’enfer du pôle” will be broadcasted this Friday 12th December at 20.00 and on Thursday 18th December 2014 at 23.40 on TV5 Canada channel. French Arctic film “Babouchka, l’enfer du pôle” produced by Thierry … Continue reading
Benoist Clouet is for sure a talented wildlife photographer and a great lover of the Arctic, in particular the beautiful archipelageo of Svalbard (Spitzbergen). Today, he is presenting us his new English and French book “80°Nord-Svalbard“, a collection of breathtaking Far North … Continue reading
Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert (on the left of the below picture) and Antarctic “zero emission” station “Princess Elisabeth” are under the focus of close media scrutiny! Tv programme “Devoir d’enquête” of Belgian Tv station RTBF has done a journalistic … Continue reading
The new French written Arctic book by Isabelle Autissier and Erik Orsenna titled “Passer par le Nord – La nouvelle route maritime (Through the North – the new shipping route)” has just been launched by publisher “éditions Paulsen“! A great gift idea … Continue reading
Arctic05 has the privilege to announce you that talented Belgian photographer Nicolas Springael has just launched in Brussels his new collection of beautiful Arctic pictures around the fascinating and breathtaking archipelageo of Svalbard – Spitzbergen. If you are visiting … Continue reading
Wildlife photographer and polar guide Benoist Clouet will be presenting between the 20 and 23 of November 2014 in France at the 18th Festival de la Photo Animalière et de Nature (Wildlife & Nature Festival) of Montier – En – Der his … Continue reading
The Garcia Exploration 45 is a beautiful exploration aluminium sailing boat of 13,98 meters designed with the navigator Jimmy Cornell for high latitudes and tropical waters. I recon it will be considered as the “European boat of the Year 2015” as it offers great … Continue reading
Peter Cox and his friends are summarizing their July’ 2014 trip to Svalbard with stunning aerial images! “… We welcomed our first group of participants onto the ship and cast off into Isfjorden, the large fjord system that houses … Continue reading
The below pictures of a white-cream enormous & elegant male “Teddy Bear” (Ursus maritimus) were taken during the Arctic autumn 2014 in front of Smithbreen glacier in Raudfjorden, North of the beautiful archipelago of Svalbard (79° 40′ N 11° 30′ … Continue reading
“….Wondermont and contemplation may bring Us All to think & act to preserve Our wonderful Nature…”. Here are some spectacular colours of Our Arctic Ocean! “… L’émerveillement et la contemplation peuvent susciter chez chacun de Nous la réflexion et l’action à … Continue reading
If your dream would be to one day discover the Arctic, understand how to prepare a Polar expedition, view breathtaking icy landscapes, encounter the King of the North Pole Mr the Polar bear and why not be as well a protector … Continue reading
Come and read this great new adventure book “No Road, Just Us” written by Mexican author Paola de Santiago Haas! It has just been released in English on Amazon. Through “No Road, Just Us“, this charming lady (for those who didn’t know, she … Continue reading
If you are visiting Paris this summer 2014, you may have the wish to see French photographer Jean-Marc Blache’ Arctic exhibition “Rêves de glace” (Ice dreams). This exhibition is held at the Maison du Groenland (Greenland House) till the 27th of August 2014. You will … Continue reading
During month of May, I had the great pleasure to inform you about the launch of the new wonderful exploration vessel of Garcia Yachting, the Garcia Exploration 45. This summer 2014, two yachts from the Garcia Yachting fleet will attempt … Continue reading
Over the course of centuries, Arctic indigenous peoples have navigated on sea, ice and trundra land using cultural knowledge of trails and place names that was passed down through the generations. These trails were used mainly for hunting, fishing, trading and maintaining … Continue reading
Climate change has made the high latitudes accessible for adventurous sailors, and every year more and more sailors venture in to areas like the Northwest Passage on their own keel. The High Latitudes Sailing book by Jon Amstrup and Bob … Continue reading
On June 26, 2014 at 11h45, please be welcome to watch on ARTE tv channel the documentary on the journey of the postal ship along Siberian Ienisseï river. “… Prenant sa source à la frontière de la Mongolie pour … Continue reading
Did you know on June, 4 2014 Belgian polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer (51 years old) and his Canadian expedition partner Eric McNair-Landry (30 years old) are the first polar explorers to have completed by kite and skis – after 56 days … Continue reading
Alarming outbreak of syphilis has been reported by several Nunavut (North of Canada, Arctic) newspapers on 5th of June 2014. Nunatsiaq online underlines that: “… Health Minister Monica Ell told Nunavut Territory’s legislative assembly on June 4, 2014: “Nunavut is experiencing an … Continue reading
If you are you planning a visit to the Arctic, the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) has just released a new animated video (here below) of 9.35 minutes to show tourists with basic guidelines how to conduct environmentally-friendly in the … Continue reading
Garcia Yachting below official video is putting forward their new beautiful exploration sailing boat, the Garcia Exploration 45. It’s an aluminium boat of 13,98 meters with a draft of 1,05 meters designed for high latitudes and tropical waters… Well-known skipper Jimmy Cornell has … Continue reading
Passionated by the Arctic, Patrick Reader shares with the so called “les Amis de la Nature” (Friends of Nature) of Belgian councils of Schaerbeek and Evere (Brussels) his emotions and experience of this wonderful North region in their monthly newspaper of month … Continue reading
Will be held in Belgium, Brussels till the 30th of September 2014 a wonderful exhibition around the tragedy of the world’s most famous ocean-liner, The R.M.S. Titanic. The ship was considered as unsinkable. However, April 14 1912, 23h40 sharp, The … Continue reading
The media are now reffering again to this huge project of considering building a high-speed train that would connect China (Pekin) with Canada (Vancouver) via the Arctic regions of Siberia and Alaska. This “China-Russia-Canada-America line” would run for +– 8.000 miles … Continue reading
The Inari Canoeing and Hiking Expedition 2012 ebook is now available in Dutch and in English! Read this adventure of two Belgian explorers Bert Poffé and Dirk Michiels on the biggest lake of Lapland… You wish to buy it, please click … Continue reading
You may to decide this week-end of April 12 – 13, 2014 to visit in Holland, Amsterdam with your family both Greenpeace ships “Rainbow Warrior” and “Esperanza”… more info >> When ? => Saturday12/04 and Sunday 13/04 between 11h … Continue reading
“Wondermont and contemplation may bring Us All to think & act to preserve Our wonderful Nature”. “L’émerveillement et la contemplation peuvent susciter chez chacun de Nous la réflexion et l’action à la préservation de Notre merveilleuse Nature”.
Adventurers, explorers, travellers will be meeting at the French festival Curieux Voyageurs in the city of Saint-Etienne on April 18, 19 and 20, 2014 to view films, exchange experiences, …
Be ready to follow this April, May and June 2014 what could be a new Arctic world record by Belgian Polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer (pictures here below)! Dixie and his expedition partner Eric McNair-Landry have set the goal to complete more than … Continue reading
The Adventure Playbook is a free download wonderful ebook available guide written by Australian adventurer & lover of the outdoors Clark Carter featuring 100 glorious pages chock full of great adventure ideas, how-to guides and snippets of wisdom from seasoned adventurers. Click … Continue reading
La Géode (Imax cinema) in Paris, France will held the “Nuits Boréales” on March 28 & 29, 2014 (evening schedule) where the public will be able to view differents Polar films… March 28, 2014, 3 movies will be shown : – Chasing … Continue reading
French Arctic film “Babouchka, l’enfer du pôle” produced by Thierry Robert is about the expedition of two French explorers Vincent Berthet & Sébastien Roubinet attempting to cross during summer 2013 the Arctic ocean via the North pole on board of sailing … Continue reading
Iditarod Last Great Sled Race on Earth – edition 2014 will take place as each year in the beautiful wild nature surroundings of Anchorage and Nome in US state of Alaska. The 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race with its … Continue reading
You will love this new project coming from Hong Kong, China! “Inspire Me With” is a web project launched in 3 languages (French, English & Chinese) by Sasha O and Nathalie Briand-Hickling. “Inspire Me With” invite artists, photographers, writers and people who do … Continue reading
