After Its Collision with a Whale, the Navigator Anatole Facon Rediscovers Horta, Harbour Refuge in the Middle of the Atlantic

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After hitting a whale in the middle of the ocean, the navigator Anatole Facon has more than one option: to reach the Azores. He discovers much more than a stopover: a community where mutual assistance is part of the journeyIt is always a moment of emotion: the one where the sailor, after a long crossing, sees the line of coast that he was waiting for, barely distinct from that of the clouds that touch the horizon, and that only one exercised eye…