Vanier Nicolas (w2742)
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- Description: n 1986-'87, Nicolas Vanier covers 7'000 km in the wildest regions of the Rocky Mountains and Alaska, a year and a half journey between Wyoming and the Bering Strait. In the early 1990s, he crosses the Siberian taiga from south to north. In 1999, he accomplishes the journey "Odyssée Blanche": the crossing of the Great North by sled from Skagway (Alaska) to Quebec, for a total of 8'600 km. Between 2005 and 2006, he undertakes the "Siberian Odyssey": the winter crossing of Siberia from Irkutsk to Moscow (8'000 km). These journeys have been translated into literary works and documentaries
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Artic, Artico
- Internet: http://www.nicolasvanier.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375042
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Vanier N., L’odissea bianca : l’avventura di un uomo e dei suoi cani nel Grande Nord canadese, RCS Rizzoli Libri, 2001.
