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Archive - Polar Yacht Le Vagabond 

Jean Gaumy 

Ellesmere Island. 76 ° North Latitude.
Aujuittuq, Grise Fjord.
The Vagabond is a polar ship, specially designed to sail in icy waters and extreme conditions. Built in 2000, the Vagabond is a unique support of this type, a real floating base camp for scientists in Polar Regions. It was the first ship to do the circumpolar navigation in 2002-2003.
As part of his photographic project, Jean Gaumy, a member of Magnum Photos, met Eric and France Brossier in 2012, both navigators and scientists, familiar with the polar areas. The Vagabond was based at the time north of the 76th parallel at the top Canadian... 

Jean Gaumy 2012

THE ARCTIC. Le Vagabond, during a blizzard. 

Jean Gaumy 2012

THE ARCTIC. Eric goes out of the ship during a blizzard in order... 

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THE ARCTIC. Eric on the deck of Le Vagabond, immobilized in the... 

Jean Gaumy 2012

THE ARCTIC. The temperatures at this period of the year - when... 

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THE ARCTIC. The dog Elvis, during a blizzard storm, like the... 

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THE ARCTIC. We walk on the fjord's water. At sunset, an iceberg... 

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THE ARCTIC. Ellesmere Island. 76° North Latitude. Aujuittuq,... 

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THE ARCTIC. France walks a little bit with Eric, who leaves only... 

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THE ARCTIC. Preparation for a departure of a few hours towards... 

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THE ARCTIC. Preparation for a departure of a few hours towards... 

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THE ARCTIC. Preparation for a departure of a few hours towards... 

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THE ARCTIC. Every evening, a reading of a half an hour is made... 

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THE ARCTIC. Every 3 or 4 days, ice 's extraction session on a... 

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THE ARCTIC. Every day, in the middle of the day when the sun... 

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THE ARCTIC. Aurore: a small human being in Arctic desert at 50... 

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THE ARCTIC. Any sorts of games and activities punctuate the children's... 

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THE ARCTIC. Eric is working, tens of kilometers away from Le... 

Jean Gaumy 2012

THE ARCTIC. France and Aurore, quietly installed along an iceberg... 

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THE ARCTIC. Aurore knows that she should not go too far away.... 

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THE ARCTIC. Dogs are attached, some of them taken away from the... 

Jean Gaumy 2012

THE ARCTIC. From time to time, dogs are released to run all together.... 

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THE ARCTIC. 2012. Following France and Eric Brossier, who are... 

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THE ARCTIC. Ice Landscapes. These reliefs slightly tinged with... 

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THE ARCTIC. Le Vagabond is voluntarily immobilized in ice for... 

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THE ARCTIC. On the neighbouring heights of Le Vagabond (below)... 
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