Webserie Episode 21 – A last Trip It's almost time to leave Canada, my beautiful home for the past 30 months. This is the last trip I have made in Canada, before starting heading south to the USA. This video summarizes a two weeks roadtrip throught the Kootenays (British Columbia) and Kananaskis (Alberta). Music : Röyksopp - Forever (https://soundcloud.com/royksopp) Find What's up on Earth on Social networks : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/whatsup.onearth Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whatsup.onearth Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/whatsuponearth

🎥🗻🇺🇸 What's up in Alaska ! Named after the native American « Aleut », Alaska means « Great Land ». First a Russian territory used by the trappers and wood industry, it is acquired by the United States in 1867 for next to nothing. Alaska is by far the largest states of the USA, but also one of the less populated. The wildlife is characteristic of the cold environment, it isn’t rare to come across grizzlies, Caribou, Moose and Wolves. The alaskan shores are jagged and rough, with the coastal landscape plunging into the ocean, forming fjords. It counts over 100 000 glaciers, millions of lakes and several volcanos. It host in particular Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. Nature in a state of extremely rare immaculacy. ▶ Music by Desmond Cheese : Pimp Floyd

This is a very special edit to me. I wanted to express my feelings coming back home, after almost three years on the road. A necessary homecoming that has confronted lifestyles and raised a lot of questions. Music : Giyo – Earthbound (https://soundcloud.com/gi-yo) “ For the first time in 3 years, I am home. I finally have the chance to spend time and share love with my family and friends. Yet I have never felt so out of sync with the world around me. I can feel the pressure of society’s model of life when I naively believed I was immune to it. A part of me is seeking achievement and stability even though I’ve started to re-examine what it means to be successful in life. We work hard for our salary to build careers and businesses, sacrificing our immediate freedom in order to accumulate enough of it for later on. But can we ever reach the satisfaction of having enough when everything is made so that you always feel the desire for more? Isn’t it a postponement of happiness ? Shouldn’t we stop living in expectation and just savour the here and now ? Shouldn’t we do the things we love while we still can instead of locking ourselves into a future ? I choose to live in the present moment and let the experiences and the encounters shape my path. I choose people and nature to be the essence of my life. However it doesn’t stop me from being scared, and a thousand questions cross my mind : Why am I doing this ? Why am I leaving my home, my family, my friends and my comfort ? Is it for the thrill of exploring the unknown and learning from others ? Is it a way to find meaning in life ? Or is it only a veil, destined to push away all these endless and disturbing thoughts about the future ? In a certain way, travelling can be seen as an escape. A breakout from society but in the end, doesn’t it make more sense to flee towards what we believe in instead of following what we don’t ? I sincerely believe in the importance of travelling as a mean of self realization. Travel grants so many opportunities to share love, thoughts and knowledge with others along the journey, not to mention the incomparable feeling, of freedom. What better way to get an understanding of yourself as well as everything that surrounds you. “

Webserie Episode 20 – DENALI I am now in Alaska, I just joined two friends on the way. We planed to do a 3 days hike in Denali, a large park unique in his kind, that represents Alaskan Wilderness. No car, no trailhead, no trace of humans for miles and miles. The taiga forest gives way to high alpine tundra and snowy mountains, home to North America's tallest peak, Denali (20,310 feet). It’s hard to describe the feeling of hiking without a specific goal or direction. We are in bear country, crossing rivers, bushes, hills and mountains, facing nature’s beauty and power. Letting ourselves be guided by what surrounds us, finding step by step our primitive instinct and communion with Earth. Music : Imagined Herbal Flows - Evolve (https://soundcloud.com/ihfmusic) Find What's up on Earth on Social networks : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/whatsup.onearth Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whatsup.onearth Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/whatsuponearth

Webserie Episode 19 – To the Yukon Right after the Sunshine coast trail, we started our journey to the Yukon Territory, a 30 hours roadtrip through Canada’s wildest landscapes, via the Alaskan Hightway. After 4 days and 3000km, we made it up to White Horse, Yukon’s capital and only city, before heading towards Kluane and Tombestone. Yukon’s territory has the smallest population of any province or territory in Canada, with about 36,000 residents. Located East of Alaska, it has a subarctic climate, characterized by long cold winters and brief warm summers. Yukon is wild, unpopulated and host some of the most impressive landscapes in Canada. Music : La Femme - Elle ne t'aime pas (https://soundcloud.com/lafemmeressort) Find What's up on Earth on Social networks : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/whatsup.onearth Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whatsup.onearth Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/whatsuponearth

Webserie Episode 18 – Sunshine Coast Trail After a roadtrip on Vancouver Island, my best friend from France joined me in Canada for a couple of week. We started our journey with the Sunshine Coast, a region of the southern mainland coast of British Columbia, just northwest of Vancouver. After waiting a few days for good weather conditions, we finnaly started The Sunshine Coast Trail, which it is the longest hut-to-hut hiking trail in Canada. This trail traverses a wide variety of landscapes, from coastal shorelines, along creeks and lakes, through old growth forests to panoramic mountaintops. It took us 5 days to hike half of the 180km original trail. We spent two nights inside the huts, and two others under the stars, falling asleep with sound of nature and waking up with sunshines. A great experience that brings you back to nature and make you forget about the civilization. Music : Nym - Come Back (https://soundcloud.com/nymself) Find What's up on Earth on Social networks : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/whatsup.onearth Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whatsup.onearth Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/whatsuponearth

Webserie episode 17 – White Rockies After the end of the grape picking season in the Okanagan Valley (BC), I had two weeks off before starting my new job in a ski resort. I took advantage of this time and start a roadtrip in the Canadian Rockies covered of snow. We were 3 people the first day of the trip, after one night sleeping in the car by -25°C, my two friends turned back. Determined to shoot some winterscapes, I stayed about a week arround the Rockies and made this video that summarizes this trip. Music : Feathered Sun - Ocean Tree (https://soundcloud.com/platon-records) Find What's up on Earth on Social networks : Website : http://whatsup-onearth.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/whatsup.onearth Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whatsup.onearth Vimeo : https://vimeo.com/whatsuponearth

This short video compiles a few aerial shots of the Pyrenees, a mountain range defining the border between France and Spain. Filmed with a DJI Mavic Pro 2. Music : Jon Hopkins - Lost in thought (https://soundcloud.com/jonhopkins)