Through Timothée L’Angevin
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After three weeks alone on the ice floe, Vincent Grison returns to the fold. On board the Breizh Glace, a boat that this 34-year-old naval architect built himself, the Rennais was able to highlight the devastating effects of global warming on the North Pole, the most impacted area on the planet.
Kite-surfed oar and sail
He left Rennes at the end of April 2021 and reached the Greenland June 15. He was originally supposed to reach the North Cape in Norway by bicycle, towing his boat, then join the pack ice via Bear Island and Spitsbergen Island. Due to the health crisis and to avoid crossing borders, he left Saint-Malo aboard a sailboat that left him in Iceland.
From there, the navigator headed north aboard the Breizh Glace, propelled by oar and kite-surf sail. During his stay on the ice, he exchanged by videoconference with thirty classes from the Rennes region to help children discover this region of the world, its fauna, as well as life in autonomy.
Polar bears encountered
Vincent Grison shared many images of the North Pole, especially those of polar bears that he encountered during his journey.
“There are a few thousand left on the planet,” he wrote on his Facebook page. But contrary to appearances, they are more and more fragile. Due to climate change, the sea ice is melting, depriving them of their place of life, hunting and reproduction. Without ice, polar bears starve. “
Vincent Grison found the sailboat that had taken him to Iceland and took the way back to Saint-Malo. He will get on his bike again to reach Rennes. It is expected on July 25, at 6 p.m., Place de la Mairie.
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