Anne Quéméré

Anne Quemere (born May 19, 1966) is a French sailor and sportswoman.

Biography From an early age, she found herself close to the sea on which she sails, as a family living in the Glénan archipelago, on the islands of Groix, Belle-Île, Houat or Hœdic. Her father was a sailor. She was the third among three sisters and a brother.

In March 2011, she set off from the port of Callao, Peru for a solo crossing of the Pacific aboard her kiteboat Adrien whose only driving force was a traction wing. Despite some technical problems and a radio silence of two months (following a failure of her satellite phone) she completed her journey of approximately 7,000 km in 78 days. She landed on the island of Makemo, one of the largest atolls of the Tuamotu in French Polynesia in May 2011 before joining Papeete. This Pacific crossing was a world first.

2014-2018: Northwest Passage In June 2014, she returned to the Arctic and attempted to cross the Northwest Passage by kayak and solo, but the ice blocked her way and she was forced to give up her journey.

In 2015, along with Raphaël Domjan, she attempted to make the first crossing of the Northwest Passage in a solar powered kayak. Unfortunately, the weather conditions were unfavorable and they had to turn back after 300 km. The expedition nevertheless constitutes the first solar polar navigation in history.

A book recounting these two journeys came out on March 11, 2016 (Passagère de l'Arctique, ed. Locus Solus) .

During the summer of 2018, she tried the Northwest Passage again, aboard a solar boat, this time with better weather conditions. She had to give up before it could be completed, but drew from the experience a documentary of the same name as her previous book.