Check the latest article “20 years at sea: The Swiss family sailing the globe in search of solutions“, by Anne-Marie Hoeve from fivemedia.com. News: We experience a cold arctic winter with a lot of snow on board of Pachamama. The days are busy: We are engaged in many sport activities to inspire the youth for… Read more

Download TOPtoTOP Annual Report 2021 Our Progress — how we meet our goals In line with our belief that “inspiring youth to act” is the most efficient way to facilitate long-lasting change, we, as is customary, visited schools and universities with our program. In January, we participated in the “Expedition Sailing Virtual Boat Show”.  While… Read more

See report on Norwegian national TV (last topic in the news after 10’30”) and the announcement in the newspaper “Framtid i Nord“. Made possible thanks to: VICTORINOX, Sørheim Brygge, Topper International, Torqeedo, Lyngen Kommune, Tromsø Seilforening, Magic Mountain Lodge, Lyngen Lodge, SPAR Lyngseidet. Alegra just gave an interview in the German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” about… Read more

Note: Noé’s report in German find below. The wind turned to the North and the anchorage became unsafe in Kwalrossbukta on Jan Mayen. After the climb of the Beerenberg volcano, it was a major challenge and operation to get everybody from the shore to the boat. Andri together with Dario in survival suits managed to… Read more

Salina 16, Andri 14, Noé 11 and Alegra 10 became the first kids climbing Beerenberg to honor its Swiss compatriot Paul-Louis Mercanton on the 100-year jubilee of the 1st ascent. Except for the first ascenders – Swiss meteorologist Paul-Louis Mercanton, English polar explorer and geologist James Mann Wordie and naturalist Thomas Charles Lethbridge on a… Read more

Last year we were later in the season and became the first sailboat circumnavigating whole Svalbard! See “Clean up the North Pole”: TOPtoTOP Arctic Research Expedition report # 3: Location: Longyearbyen Date: 2021-06-30 Author: Dario, Noé Track us! Outcome: The amount of plastic was increasing more North and max at the edge of the pack-ice.… Read more