With almost one week late, du to the bad weather, the volcano, and the opening of the salmon season, the crew of The Quest of the North Pole finally arrived in Sand Point on Thursday. We left the next day, under a lovely sun and no wind at all. We stopped in Volcano Bay to … Lire la suite They finally arrived ! par Phil le marin

I know it would happen … Just before we left Sand Point, a young eagle missed his landing on the top of the mast, and unfortunately, took the anemometer through his claws … He just left a piece of plastic completely destroyed … Avec leur manie de venir se percher en haut du mât, je … Lire la suite F … eagles, par Phil le marin

The team of Le Manguier is preparing a one-of-a-kind artists’ residence: Le Bateau Givre. Five artists will spend two months amid the Canadian Arctic Ice, in January & February 2014: two months to create, exchange, and bear witness to the Inuit culture and the challenges it faces. We are looking for people of all nationalities, … Lire la suite Application Form , appel à candidature !

Even if the salmon season didn't open yet, some of the native fishermen are already at sea, to check that everything is fine. And when they come back to the harbor, they give all the fish to the people around. A very nice way to remember the native culture, for which salmon was not only … Lire la suite Yeah ! My first red ! par Phil le marin

The joke here in Sand Point is to call the Pen Air, the company which flies to Sand Point, the When Air … cause you never know when the plane would land … So yesterday, we heard the plane, one two, three times, above the clouds, and then nothing more … the plane flew back to … Lire la suite Pen Air or When Air, par Phil le marin

Stephane Dugast, auteur reporter multimédia, anime un blog fort intéressant, que je mets en lien ci-joint, Bonne lecture,  

It was 84°F in Palmer today, something that didn't happened for years, and in Sand Point we were closed to 70°F… so you can imagine the busy day ! In less than 10 days, salmon season will open, and it's a real rush here in Sand Point: everybody's working on the boats to be ready … Lire la suite What a day! par Phil le marin

They are arriving on Thursday, and we will probably sail  the next day to King Cove (60 miles west), where the barge from Seattle will arrive with their boat. The team of La voie du pôle, Sébastien Roubinet and Vincent Berthet, accompanied by Anne Lise, Sebastien' wife and their daughter Anouk, 5 years old, will … Lire la suite Un nouvel équipage au top ! par Phil le marin