2005 - <strong>Nicolas</strong> set up the GREAT ODYSSEY <strong>in</strong> the French Alps, the toughest<strong>in</strong>ternational sled dog race <strong>in</strong> the <strong>world</strong> because of the topography of the mounta<strong>in</strong> itcovers. The race br<strong>in</strong>gs together each year 20 of the best mushers <strong>in</strong> the <strong>world</strong>.They stride 900 km <strong>in</strong> Savoie and Haute Savoie and mount over 25 000 m.2005-2006 - <strong>Nicolas</strong> crossed Siberia from Lake Baikal to Red Square <strong>in</strong>Moscow, cover<strong>in</strong>g 8 000 km. The SIBERIAN ODYSSEY aroused a live <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> avery large audience and was the subject of a movie and books ‘L’OdysséeSibérienne’. Th<strong>is</strong> adventure was followed by many children at school, with<strong>in</strong> theframework of a huge operation of environmental education. TF1 (French biggesttelev<strong>is</strong>ion channel) broadcasted the movie ‘L’Odyssée Sibérienne’ <strong>in</strong> prime time atChr<strong>is</strong>tmas 2006. Two books for children were publ<strong>is</strong>hed, so as a big pictures bookand a video game.<strong>Nicolas</strong> publ<strong>is</strong>hed a compilation of memories and anecdotes from h<strong>is</strong>expeditions <strong>in</strong> ‘Mémoires Glacées’ (Frozen Memoirs)The French Board of Education put him <strong>in</strong> charge of sett<strong>in</strong>g up a wideenvironmental operation <strong>in</strong> schools.2008 - <strong>Nicolas</strong> directed h<strong>is</strong> second featured film ‘Loup’ (Wolf), adapted fromh<strong>is</strong> 2008 novel. The plot takes place <strong>in</strong> Siberia, among the Evens, and was <strong>in</strong>spiredby h<strong>is</strong> own experience.2009 - <strong>Nicolas</strong> establ<strong>is</strong>hed a resort <strong>in</strong> French Vercors. The ‘Camp <strong>Nicolas</strong><strong>Vanier</strong>’ offers a wide range of outdoor activities for the whole family, such asdogsledd<strong>in</strong>g, horseback rid<strong>in</strong>g, hik<strong>in</strong>g, canicross, ecosystem d<strong>is</strong>covery… Withaccommodations <strong>in</strong>spired by <strong>Nicolas</strong>’s experience <strong>in</strong> Great North, conceived withthe highest respect of nature, the Camp br<strong>in</strong>gs a concrete and educational answerto the environmental problems.Release of the movie ‘Loup’ (Wolf, 1.2 million tickets sold)2010 - <strong>Nicolas</strong> was charged by property developer Nexity to coord<strong>in</strong>atework<strong>in</strong>g groups of special<strong>is</strong>ts (architects, town-planners, veter<strong>in</strong>aries, energy andhealth researchers…) with the purpose of creat<strong>in</strong>g the ecod<strong>is</strong>trict Hoche, close tothe bus<strong>in</strong>ess d<strong>is</strong>trict La Defense. Th<strong>is</strong> project was meant to be environmentally andsocially exemplary.2011 - <strong>Nicolas</strong> publ<strong>is</strong>hes ‘La Passion du Grand Nord’ (My passion for the GreatNorth). Shar<strong>in</strong>g h<strong>is</strong> most beautiful pictures and most impressive memories,skimm<strong>in</strong>g over 30 years of expeditions, <strong>Nicolas</strong> tells h<strong>is</strong> passion for the Great North.Publ<strong>is</strong>h<strong>in</strong>g of ‘Mohawks et les Peuples d’en haut’ (Mohawks and the Peoplesfrom above), first volume of h<strong>is</strong> novel ‘Le Grand Voyage’ (The great Journey). Dur<strong>in</strong>gh<strong>is</strong> <strong>in</strong>itiatory journey through the Northern countries, Mohawks will d<strong>is</strong>cover theultimate mean<strong>in</strong>g of the Great Journey and the mean<strong>in</strong>g of life at the same time.2012 - Publ<strong>is</strong>h<strong>in</strong>g of the second volume of ’The great Journey’.<strong>Nicolas</strong> directed h<strong>is</strong> third featured film ‘Belle et Sébastien’ (Belle and Sebastian),adapted from the greatest French series of the 1960’s. A little boy strikes up afriendship with a big mounta<strong>in</strong> dog <strong>in</strong> a small village of the French Alps dur<strong>in</strong>g theSecond World War.Projects - <strong>Nicolas</strong> prepares a new expedition, The Wild Odyssey: from thebiggest ocean to the biggest lake. With h<strong>is</strong> team of sled dogs, <strong>Nicolas</strong> wants tocross Manchuria, Mongolia and a part of South Siberia, from Pacific Ocean to Lake
Baikal.<strong>Nicolas</strong> just started tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a high level team of dogs to run the two major sleddog races <strong>in</strong> the <strong>world</strong>: the Yukon Quest (1600 km from Whitehorse to Fairbanks)and the Iditarod (1 750 km from Anchorage to Nome). Two years of tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g arenecessary (at least one <strong>in</strong> Yukon) to br<strong>in</strong>g the dogs to their very best level.<strong>Nicolas</strong> starts shoot<strong>in</strong>g the adaptation of h<strong>is</strong> novel ‘L’Or sous la neige’ (Goldbeneath the snow), which tells the <strong>in</strong>credible but true story of the Klondike GoldRush. At the tail end of the 19 th century, the young American Matt leaves everyth<strong>in</strong>gbeh<strong>in</strong>d to set up for Alaska attracted, like one hundred thousand people, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>gthe <strong>famous</strong> writer Jack London, by the recent d<strong>is</strong>covery of gold there. An old trapperteaches him the survival skills he’ll need as he d<strong>is</strong>covers these territories. As helearns from h<strong>is</strong> m<strong>is</strong>takes, Matt grows to love th<strong>is</strong> ‘high country’. Soon, he will have tochoose between gold and th<strong>is</strong> beautiful land itself, between the civilization he leftbeh<strong>in</strong>d and a new <strong>world</strong>.
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