Tag Archives: Gilles Elkaim
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Controversial French explorer convicted fined 40K for illegal boat voyage in Svalbard; he says he will appeal
Quest for the top: Denied chance to seek the North Pole, French explorer is going after Norway’s government for stopping him

Gilles Elkaim’s latest dream is an epic quest to the North Pole in the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen. But the longtime French explorer’s free-thinking ways are considered a crime in Svalbard, so he’s following in the footsteps of the historic Norwegian explorer in another way: waging a very public war on what he calls cruel government repression.