Exploration & Adventure
AT THE END OF THE WORLD
I'm going to the ends of the earth. But how long will I last?
My name is Antoine Leclaire, I'm 23, I'm a JRI, I live in Paris, I like my little comforts, my nights out and my Parisian life. However, I decided to take on the craziest challenge of my young life: to set off, with only my ...
ON THE TRAIL OF THE LYNX
The Eurasian Lynx, a predator eliminated in Western Europe in the last century, was reintroduced there in the 1970s, but is struggling to reestablish itself in its former territories.
This discreet, forest-loving feline is largely unknown to the general public, and difficult to observe. Over the ...
A DROP OF WATER ON A VOLCANO
A dive into the depths of possibility, in the highest lakes in the world! This is the crazy challenge set by 2 friends, a cave diver and a mountain guide, who plan to cross the Atacama Desert, entirely on their own, to reach the side of an Argentinian volcano 6000-metres above sea level. An expediti...
THE INVINCIBLE BOAT
Three-time winner of the Route du Rhum race, the holder of 2 Jules Verne Trophies and 35 speed records, achieved on seas around the world… this champion is not a sailor, but a boat. A boat with an exceptional destiny, which, in 16 years, has worn the colours of 4 sponsors and changed skippers 5 time...
FRENCH GUYANA, ON THE TRAIL OF THE ILLEGAL GOLD MINERS
In French Guyana in June 2019, François-Michel le Tourneau, geographer and senior research fellow at the CNRS, launched the Camopi-Regina expedition, composed of a botanist, an Amerindian guide and eight legionnaires from the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (REI) in Kourou.
The objective: to contin...
DREAM MOUNTAINS: Spitzbergen
For this new episode of the series, Carole leaves with her eight-year-old son Nils for the wild mountains of Spitsbergen. To supervise this exploration, they are accompanied by Jean Bouchet, the mountain guide and specialist in polar expeditions. Located just 1,100 km from the North Pole, the Norweg...
DREAM MOUNTAINS
Amateur mountaineer Carole Dechantre sets off to climb the most famous peaks and shares her alpine adventures with us.
SPITZBERGEN (2019)
Located just 1,100 km from the North Pole, the Norwegian archipelago boasts breathtaking landscapes of beauty that Carole and her 8 year old son, Nils, discover...
DANCE ABOVE THE THREE-THOUSANDERS
The adventures of five young people, between graduation and a somewhat uncertain future, as they cross the Pyrenees from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the 129 summits of 3000 metres or more.
By joining the party for two months, we focus on the challenges of the journey, but ...
ADVENTURE HUNTERS
Laetitia, Issa, Sandra and Maxime create unique trips for tourists in search of adventure. Employed by a tour operator specialising in this type of travel, these adventure-makers push themselves to the limit and brave every danger to open up new horizons for others. This series follows this intrepid...
Yvan Bourgnon, offshore racer: IN BALANCE ON THE OCEAN
In 2015, the Swiss skipper Yvan Bourgnon - a regular offshore racer and winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre in 1997 alongside his brother Laurent - completed the first around the world solo voyage in a cabin-less catamaran the size of a beach yacht, "Ma Louloutte". 220 days and 55,000 km at sea, wi...
