> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://icefrontiers.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Kerikeri — Storm — Resonances - URL: https://icefrontiers.com/kerikeri-storm-traction/ - Published: 2026-03-29T08:31:29.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-08T00:53:59.000Z - Description: Between a tropical storm that derailed the refit schedule and the slow work of convincing people to speak honestly about climate, this dispatch is about what it takes to keep going when the weather is hostile and the silence is louder than expected. - Author: Jean Peccoud - Tags: Logbook ## **Flying to Kerikeri** After taking a day in an airport hotel to recuperate from the long-haul flight, I flew to Kerikeri, the regional airport serving the Bay of Islands. Last time, I drove from Auckland to Opua. The drive was long and unpleasant — and this time, I had no idea how to return a car when I intended to leave by sea. So I looked into the domestic flight option. I loved it. The terminal is full of airplanes, not a jet engine in sight. Single-engine prop planes. It felt like I could fly some of them. I was excited just looking at the ramp. That excitement was followed by confusion. People seemed to be waiting for their flights right where they'd checked in their luggage. I had to ask where security was, worried about missing my flight. The airline employee gave me a large smile. No security on domestic flights. No X-ray, no pat-down. You just walk to the plane. That's when I realized I am actually much closer to Vanuatu than to the US or Europe. And Row 8 was the very last row. No business class on these planes. ## **Tropical Storm** A couple of days after I arrived, we had a serious tropical storm. Forty-eight hours of downpour, the rain flying mostly horizontal. I knew something was wrong when, heading to my car under the hotel, I found a river coming out of the storm drain. The storm hit exactly when I was supposed to get the mast down and the boat out of the water. Nobody volunteers to climb a mast in that weather, or even put a boat on a lift. My refit program slipped by a week before it had even started. I was more unsettled than I expected. The rain felt hostile rather than just inconvenient, and every errand — even getting a coffee — became an expedition. When the schedule slips and the weather closes in, the doubt comes quickly. Eventually I ran out of things to worry about and went for a drive to take pictures. They'll tell you better than I can what it felt like. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---9.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---8.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---7.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---6.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---5.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---3.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---4.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/83/df/83df04cc-ccc4-44fa-aa45-4c4e7c599a17/content/images/2026/03/logbook---2.jpeg) 0:00 /0:15 1× ## **Resonances** I've been spending considerable time encouraging people to submit postcards about their experience of a changing climate. The project is more interesting — and harder — than I expected. Many people express enthusiasm and then realize they have nothing to say. Climate scientists tell me they aren't allowed to speak personally about climate. Someone from Facebook wrote an entire piece and then pulled it, saying he was getting too many death threats. I'm beginning to understand that between a missing emotional framework and something that looks increasingly like a social taboo, it is just very difficult to talk about climate change at a personal level. We make predictions, we discuss solutions — but we cannot talk about the problem itself. I'm not sure how we solve what we cannot name. My persistence paid off. Today I received two beautiful contributions from a climate scientist working for The Nature Conservancy. And I received this beautiful email from someone who first reached out in November, when I was still trying to buy a boat in France: > *Reading your words is a source of great personal fulfillment for me. Learning about your project, your boat, and the skills you put at the service of our planet — and having the opportunity to contribute to sharing such an important aspect of our existence — moves something in me that goes far beyond any personal ambition.* > *I have recently accepted a position that will keep me on board until October. My plan is both a necessity and a desire: to build a small financial cushion that will allow me, from November 2026 onward, to fully dedicate myself to what truly interests me.* > *I sincerely hope that your project will continue, and that Rosemary will keep sailing for a long time, seeking experiences that document climate change. I would love to offer you and the project my navigation skills, helping Rosemary cross oceans and reach the incredible places you mention. I would also be glad to contribute to the harmony and life of the crew, actively participate in achieving our shared goals, and continue exploring together the most effective ways to communicate what the rest of the world cannot experience firsthand — allowing people to empathize, feel involved, and become part of what we strive to create, explore, and understand.* > *A warm hug* **By the way — I would welcome a postcard from you too.** --- ## Related Posts [Living with a Changing Climate Postcards: Share Your StoryWhat climate change actually feels like. Not the data. 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