Photo © Jess Loiterton

Issue 14 features

Saving Ningaloo

Tim Winton, Australian writer, surfer and environmentalist, in a rare interview, tells us how he fights to protect Ningaloo Reef and Exmouth Gulf, a remote stretch of coastline on the Indian Ocean.

Lightships

Moored in the most despairing shoals of the Atlantic, consigned to
a motionless wait, they endured a destiny contrary to their seafaring nature. 

Gregorio Paltrinieri: the Blue Beyond the Swim Lane

We met Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri, who found new energy and rediscovered himself in open water swimming.

Surfmobiles

Surfmobiles, legendary cars that have left their mark on the lives of generations of surfers.

Ponza

An island where salt water has played with the volcanic tufa for millions of years, creating extra terrestrial landscapes.

Ernest Shackleton

100 years after the death of Ernest Shackleton, we chose eight things from the legacy of the celebrated explorer – things that will make us proud to be like him.  

In Rousteau’s Sea

Somewhere in the Coral Sea, Paul Rousteau managed to embark on a “second navigation”, between nature and the world of ideas.

The Enclave of the Barquette

Anse du Pharo is one of those places where Marseille, though a French city, remembers that it is also a Mediterranean port. 

Ama Fisherwomen

The glowing beauty of the Ama, Japanese waterwomen who spent their days diving and gathering what the sea provided, portrayed in the timeless words and images of Fosco Maraini.