{"id":8959,"date":"2022-12-15T06:23:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T05:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69nord.com\/le-mot-du-fondateur\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:36:12","slug":"olivier-pitras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/about\/olivier-pitras\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivier Pitras"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8959\" class=\"elementor elementor-8959 elementor-8643\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-909120a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"909120a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe3320c\" data-id=\"fe3320c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f4dceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f4dceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>Olivier Pitras, curious by nature<\/h2><ul><li>Director of 69Nord Sommar\u00f8y Outdoor Center<\/li><li>Off shore sailing instructor, naturalist guide<\/li><li><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Sophrologist, relaxologist, specialized in athletes&#8217; mental training<\/span><\/li><li>Functional breathing instructor OxygenAdvantage method<\/li><li>Lecturer<\/li><li>Consultant for polar sailing expeditions.<\/li><li>Author of the book \u201cLa voie des glaces\u201d Publisher \u201cTransbor\u00e9al\u201d 2001<\/li><li>Author of the documentary \u201cLa route du P\u00f4le\u201d from C. Neurisse (52\u2032, Yenta Prod \/ Arsenal Prod \/ Image\u00a0Plus)<\/li><li>Author of the documentaries serie 4\u00d752\u2032 \u201cL\u2019Odyss\u00e9e climatique du Southern Star\u201d from Thierry Robert (Injam Prod \/ Plan\u00eate Thalassa \/ Cinaps TV\/ 2009)<\/li><li>Author of the documentary \u201cL\u2019ALLEE DES GLACES\u201d 52\u2032 from Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Jouve (Kissthesea &amp; Theorem \/ 2011<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c15e184\" data-id=\"c15e184\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b6808e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b6808e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/69nord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/olivier-pitras.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8038\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/69nord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/olivier-pitras.jpg 310w, https:\/\/69nord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/olivier-pitras-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-756f33f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"756f33f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1285ed\" data-id=\"c1285ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80f69d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80f69d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>translated from a text by\u00a0Michel Janssens<\/h2><p>Skipper for \u201cCruise and Learn\u201d cruises since he was 19, Olivier has left France 40 years ago to sail the world. His combined passion for the sea, the mountains and virgin spaces soon led him to polar regions where he settled. He is the first French skipper to carry out the Arctic Ocean crossing under sail (North West Passage 1999). After spending some time in Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Alaska, Canada, Siberia and Greenland, he is now based in Troms\u00f8 in northern Norway. His never fed passion for the North keeps him open and curious of the world which surrounds him, and gives him many oportunities to learn more each day from these so called \u201chostile\u201d areas which he choose as his favorite play-ground.\u201d<\/p><p>Olivier knew when he was fifteen that his passion for sailing would command his life.<br \/>At 18, an intensive navigation program forced him to graduate as a \u201d home schooled\u201d student.<br \/>Answering the call from wide spaces, he leaves France at the age of 23 after successfully presenting exams for phys. ed. teacher.<\/p><p>The Amazon will be his first \u201cadventure land\u201d as he will discover it kayaking and on board a trimaran. The wrongfully named Green Hell will be a favorite terrain and will give him the oportunity to rapidly buy his first boat. During two years he will then forget his Captain attire and work as a businessman to bring back afloat three companies in financial difficulties. During these two years, his free time will be devoted to studying some of the last black caymans in the Kaw ponds, or to canoe up the large streams to go and meet with the Amazon Indians.<\/p><p>It took him a two year journey around South America, of which one year spent in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia, to realize that his favorite deserts were the icy ones. Curiously, it is in the Grenadines (W.I.) that at the age of 30, Olivier settled his base camp for his future expeditions. Since then, he will never cease to bring his ships bow towards polar regions and go back in the Grenadines for a couple months only. The Alaska and British Colombia have soon become his favorite playground.<\/p><p>At the age of 39, he sails back to Europe with his first mate Jean Michel Guillevic through the North West passage. Since then, he has settled in Troms\u00f8, Norway, north of the Polar Circle, and created 69NORD.<\/p><p>For 16 years from his Norwegian base camp, Olivier sets sail every summer for sailing school polar expeditions where customers are involved in the march of &#8220;Southern Star&#8221; his polar sailboat and offshore companion. Spitsbergen, Iceland, East and West coasts of Greenland, Canada, Alaska saw the bow of the great sloop<\/p><p>In 2008-09, Olivier led the expedition \u00ab Around North America \u00bb through the North West passage (second transit for Olivier) onboard SV \u201cSouthern Star\u201d. The real challenge was to meet in the Northwest Passage for crew rotations. A challenge met with flying colours in Pond Inlet, Gjoa Haven, Tuk and Point Barrow, as well as on all 21 stages of the expedition.<\/p><div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default su-quote-has-cite\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><p>In 2014, in partnership with the Fram Museum in Oslo, Olivier and his crew set off in the footsteps of the Fram&#8217;s second expedition to the far north of Canada. Four and a half months of expedition to Ellesmere Island and Nares Strait. A particularly hazardous region for navigation and ice conditions. The expedition fulfilled its objective by reaching the four wintering ports of the Fram and repositioned the second wintering port near the &#8220;Canadian Museum of History&#8221;. This wintering place had previously been mistakenly located by National Geographic magazine.<\/p><p>In 2015, Olivier created the &#8220;69Nord Sommar\u00f8y Outdoor Center&#8221; to welcome with the same philosophy a nature clientele who is aware that space, silence and time are the authentic and true ingredients of luxury.<\/p><p>To find the time to work on two projects matured for years, Olivier stops in 2023 the marketing of his polar sailboat &#8220;Southern Star&#8221;, on board which he was embarked seven months a year. The first project consists of increasing the athletes&#8217; mental training activity and health &amp; wellness activities for all, with Sophrology, relaxation and functional breathing OxygenAdvantage by integrating these activities within 69Nord&#8217;s programs. The second is a polar expedition project that for the time being remains confidential. The usual activity of the center does not stop, on the contrary! 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expeditions in the most remote corners of the planet, I returned to Europe at the end of the \"Transarctic 99\". Being the first French skipper to sail across the Arctic Ocean allowed me to meet a lot of people and receive an important letter from readers. Many wanted to share my experience of these regions. It is to meet their demands that I created 69NORD. This big shift in my career based on the sharing of a passion, allowed me to measure the progress made since the age of 10 when I plunged hours into my atlas to organize imaginary expeditions.\n\u200b\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">~ Olivier Pitras<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivier Pitras, curious by nature Director of 69Nord Sommar\u00f8y Outdoor Center Off shore sailing instructor, naturalist guide Sophrologist, relaxologist, specialized in athletes&#8217; mental training Functional breathing instructor OxygenAdvantage method Lecturer Consultant for polar sailing expeditions. Author of the book \u201cLa voie des glaces\u201d Publisher \u201cTransbor\u00e9al\u201d 2001 Author of the documentary \u201cLa route du P\u00f4le\u201d from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8966,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_type":[],"class_list":["post-8959","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8959"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19329,"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8959\/revisions\/19329"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/69nord.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_type?post=8959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}