Le Bellot christening – 5th ship in the PONANT EXPLORER series
On 21 May 2022, one of the latest ships in the PONANT EXPLORER series, Le Bellot, was christened during her maiden port of call in Honfleur, France.
The ceremony was attended by the ship’s godmother, Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, writer – Winner of the Grand Prix de l’Académie Française for The Last of Our Kind – and Editor-in-Chief of Point de Vue magazine who is on the PONANT Board of Directors, with music by the Finistère Regional Orchestra. Hervé Gastinel, CEO of PONANT; Christophe Buisson, town counsellor, Tourist Office President and Vice-President of the Community of Communes du Pays de Honfleur- Beuzeville; Michèle Prevost, Joseph-René Bellot’s great-grandniece; and the Captains Maxime Benoit and Quentin Dubois were alongside Le Bellot’s godmother.
The ship will now set sail for the American continent. After an ocean crossing via Europe, Iceland and Greenland, Le Bellot is scheduled to reach Canada by September.
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