Anne Quemere

From an early age, she found herself close to the sea on which she sails, as a family living in the Glénan archipelago, on the islands of Groix, Belle-Île, Houat or Hœdic.

During the summer of 2010, she flew to southeastern Greenland and joined an expedition called "La Grande Dérive" in Tasiilaq, whose mission is scientific and the objective is raising public awareness of the fragility of the ice floe.

In the company of Emmanuel Hussenet, Luc Dénoyer and Gauthier Mesnil-Blanc, she drifted on ice floes and traveled in a kayak for 6 weeks, completely alone.

[clarification needed][3] In March 2011, she set off from the port of Callao (Peru) for a solo crossing of the Pacific aboard her kiteboat Adrien whose only driving force was a traction wing.

[4] Despite some technical problems and a radio silence of two months (following a failure of her satellite phone) she completed her journey of approximately 7,000 km in 78 days.

She landed on the island of Makemo, one of the largest atolls of the Tuamotu in French Polynesia in May 2011 before joining Papeete.

[5] In June 2014, she returned to the Arctic and attempted to cross the Northwest Passage by kayak and solo, but the ice blocked her way and she was forced to give up her journey.