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When using the word ‘Legend’ in Sailing, it has to be applied to proper characters and their achievements. If there is one Catsailor that deserves that label is brazilian Beto Pandiani.

Above latest documentary on Beto Pandiani & Igor Bely Northwest Passage ‘Rota Polar’ (Polar Route) send by Beto yesterday. Includes recount of his previous crossings.

Here details and pics of the custom Cruising Cat they sailed for this trip.

North West Passage. Two sailors aboard a small sailboat. Rota Polar com Beto Pandiani e Igor Bely

For centuries, explorers tried to find a shorter route between Europe and Asia. The Portuguese dominated the route via the Cape of Good Hope, the Spanish via the Strait of Magellan.

The English were the first to seek a new route, and set out on several expeditions across the Arctic Ocean. This is a summary of how the great explorations of the Northwest Passage came about, which is a route between a group of islands north of the American continent, in this case, above Canada.

For centuries this passage was closed, and only in 1905 did Roald Amunden manage to pass after three summers. It was only in the 1980s that some cruise ships began to sail through the Northwest Passage during the summer.

With the intention of making a documentary about the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean and the Polar Ice Cap, Igor Bely and I sailed in a boat without an engine, opened in the northern summer of 2022.

The result is a beautiful documentary produced by Tocha Filmes. Production: Sylvio Rocha and Beto Pandiani Cameramen: Alberto Andrich, Ale Socci, Igor Bely and Beto Pandiani. Soundtrack: Camilo Carrara.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Sabesp; Ânima Educação ;Yuny Incorporadora ; Instituto Social Sotreq; FBF Engenharia Loga – Logística Ambiental de São Paulo; Messem Investimentos AI; IBAR – Indústrias Brasileiras de Artigos Refratários; Attend Ambiental S.A.; Reebok Sports; NA Veia, Restaurante Sallvattore, C⁢ VITA Vivo Christian Steinkopff, Beto Andrich, Ale Socci, Gui Stockler. Marcos Okura. Camilo Carrara, Flavia Fusco, Cristiane Fusco; Andrea Barone