{"id":6931,"date":"2026-04-21T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeanlouisetienne.com\/jean-louis-etienne-biography\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:03:01","slug":"jean-louis-etienne-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jeanlouisetienne.com\/en\/jean-louis-etienne-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Louis \u00c9tienne Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”bottom” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#d1d1ca” bg_image=”6021″ bg_image_type=”default” bg_position=”center top” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”top” top_padding=”15%” bottom_padding=”13%” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” color_overlay=”#0A0A0A94″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_divider_height=”350″ bg_image_animation=”fade-in” parallax_bg=”true” parallax_bg_speed=”fast” shape_type=”mountains” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default” el_class=”page_intro_title” max_width=”800″][\/vc_column_text][nectar_responsive_text inherited_font_style=”h1″ font_size_min=”50px” font_size_max=”140px” font_size_desktop=”130px” text_direction=”default” font_line_height=”135px”]\n

DR JEAN-LOUIS<\/span>
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  • Doctor of Medicine<\/li>\n
  • Surgical intern<\/li>\n
  • Grand Officer of the National Merit Order<\/li>\n
  • Commander of the Legion of Honor<\/li>\n
  • Member of the Academy of Technology<\/li>\n
  • Gold Medal of the Geography Society<\/li>\n
  • Fellow of the American Explorer Club<\/li>\n
  • Fellow of the National Geographic Society<\/li>\n
  • IUCN Ambassador for the Poles and the Ocean<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” 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column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” content_layout=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Jean-Louis ETIENNE a un parcours assez singulier, puisqu\u2019il a d\u00e9but\u00e9 par une formation de tourneur-fraiseur avant de faire m\u00e9decine. Apr\u00e8s un internat en chirurgie, une sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9 de nutrition et de biologie du sport, il met ses comp\u00e9tences de m\u00e9decin au service d\u2019un r\u00eave : explorer, arpenter le monde.<\/p>\n

    Il fait ses premi\u00e8res travers\u00e9es de l\u2019Atlantique sur le Bel Espoir du P\u00e8re Jaouen pour la r\u00e9habilitation des toxicomanes, puis avec Alain Colas pour un record de l\u2019Atlantique.<\/p>\n

    En 1977-78, il est m\u00e9decin sur Pen Duick 6 d\u2019Eric Tabarly pour la Course autour du monde. Apr\u00e8s de nombreuses exp\u00e9ditions en Himalaya, en Patagonie, au Groenland Jean-Louis Etienne, r\u00e9alise sa premi\u00e8re grande aventure personnelle.<\/p>\n

    Le 11 mai 1986, il est le premier homme \u00e0 atteindre le p\u00f4le Nord en solitaire, tirant lui-m\u00eame son tra\u00eeneau pendant 63 jours. Fort de cette exp\u00e9rience, il se lancera dans l\u2019organisation de ses exp\u00e9ditions.<\/p>\n

    Entre juillet 1989 et mars 1990, il est co-leader avec l\u2019Am\u00e9ricain Will Steger de l\u2019exp\u00e9dition internationale Transantarctica et r\u00e9ussit en tra\u00eeneaux \u00e0 chiens la plus longue travers\u00e9e de l\u2019Antarctique jamais r\u00e9alis\u00e9e : 7 mois, 6 300 km.<\/p>\n

    Infatigable d\u00e9fenseur de la plan\u00e8te, Jean-Louis ETIENNE a men\u00e9 entre 1990 et 1996 plusieurs exp\u00e9ditions \u00e0 vocation p\u00e9dagogique et scientifique pour faire conna\u00eetre les r\u00e9gions polaires et comprendre le r\u00f4le qu\u2019elles jouent sur la vie et le climat de la terre. Il fait construire le voilier polaire Antarctica, aujourd\u2019hui Tara, et part en 1991-1992 pour la Patagonie, la G\u00e9orgie du Sud et la p\u00e9ninsule Antarctique. En 1993-1994, c\u2019est l\u2019exp\u00e9dition au volcan \u00c9r\u00e9bus, en 1995-1996, l\u2019hivernage au Spitzberg.<\/p>\n

    Au printemps 2002, il r\u00e9alise la Mission Banquise, une d\u00e9rive de trois mois sur la banquise du p\u00f4le Nord, \u00e0 bord du Polar Observer pour un programme de mesures et d\u2019informations sur le r\u00e9chauffement climatique.<\/p>\n

    De d\u00e9cembre 2004 \u00e0 avril 2005, il dirige une exp\u00e9dition sur l\u2019\u00eele Clipperton avec des chercheurs du Mus\u00e9um, IRD, CNRS, pour r\u00e9aliser un inventaire de la biodiversit\u00e9 et un \u00e9tat de l\u2019environnement de cet atoll fran\u00e7ais du Pacifique.<\/p>\n

    De septembre 2007 \u00e0 octobre 2008, il est Directeur G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019Institut Oc\u00e9anographique \u2013 Fondation Albert 1er, Prince de Monaco.<\/p>\n

    En avril 2010, il r\u00e9ussit la premi\u00e8re travers\u00e9e de l\u2019oc\u00e9an Arctique en ballon rozi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

    Depuis 2023, il conduit ses exp\u00e9ditions \u00e0 bord de PERSEVERANCE, voilier oc\u00e9anographique d\u2019exploration en milieu extr\u00eame. Son amour pour les grandes aventures le conduira bient\u00f4t sur l\u2019oc\u00e9an Austral pour un programme scientifique d\u2019envergure, in\u00e9dit. A bord de PERSEVERANCE certifi\u00e9 \u00ab glace \u00bb, pour la toute premi\u00e8re fois de l\u2019histoire, des scientifiques vont pouvoir \u00e9tudier l\u2019oc\u00e9an Austral aux 4 saisons. Immense puits de carbone et moteur de la circulation oc\u00e9anique mondiale, cet acteur majeur du climat est aussi riche d\u2019une biodiversit\u00e9 encore m\u00e9connue. Le programme Southern-Ocean 4 Seasons 2027-2030 int\u00e9resse de nombreuses institutions scientifiques, d\u2019autant qu\u2019il s\u2019inscrit dans la perspective de l\u2019ann\u00e9e polaire internationale 2032 \u2013 2033.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#565454″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”30″ bottom_padding=”9%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”default” font_style=”h1″ text_color=”#FF4800″ content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” text_content=”“INSPIRERS“” text_direction=”default”][\/split_line_heading][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6079″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    WALTER BONATTI<\/h3>\n

    Italian mountaineer<\/p>\n

    At fifteen, I dreamed of the mountains. His solo ascents of the Drus and the direct winter climb on the north face of the Matterhorn fascinated me.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6071″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    LIONEL TERRAY<\/h3>\n

    French mountaineer<\/p>\n

    “The monotony of the world frightened me; I dreamed of a noble and free existence.” At sixteen, Lionel Terray became my role model.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6073″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    NATURE<\/h3>\n

    Nature has always been a refuge, a source of peace, inspiration, creativity, and daring.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6061″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    COLL\u00c8GE TECHNIQUE DE MAZAMET<\/h3>\n

    1959 – 1964<\/p>\n

    Judged on concrete achievements, vocational training was a path of academic rehabilitation.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6062″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    DR JEAN-PIERRE GUIB\u00c9<\/h3>\n

    Surgeon<\/p>\n

    My mentor revealed to me a passion for surgical technique.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6076″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    P\u00c8RE MICHEL JAOUEN<\/h3>\n

    Jesuit, sailor, humanist<\/p>\n

    Beyond appearances, he saw souls battered by life and always reached out to them.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6077″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    ERIC TABARLY<\/h3>\n

    French navigator<\/p>\n

    He taught me that one could lead through silence.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6059″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    BERNARD MOITESSIER<\/h3>\n

    Navigator, writer, environmentalist<\/p>\n

    I had written on the wall of my student room, “you can’t stop a seagull from taking to the open sea”, an excerpt from The Long Road.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6068″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    JEAN-HENRI FABRE<\/h3>\n

    1823 – 1915<\/p>\n

    A scholar of nature, entomologist, naturalist painter, writer and talented educator, he initiated me to express complex phenomena simply.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6065″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    HANDMADE HOUSES<\/h3>\n

    Book<\/p>\n

    This book, discovered in 1975 in California: there was no longer any doubt, I would one day build myself a wooden house in the trees.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6074″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    NICOLAS BOUVIER<\/h3>\n

    Travel writer<\/p>\n

    I realized that “the nomadic state” had something to teach me. Its carefully chosen sentences guided me in the search for the right word.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6060″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    CHRISTIAN BOBIN<\/h3>\n

    French poet<\/p>\n

    “There is a star placed in the sky for each of us, far enough away that our mistakes will never tarnish it.” I confess to often retreating to these celestial paradises that this contemporary poet offers us.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6064″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    FRIDTJOF NANSEN<\/h3>\n

    Scientist, North Pole explorer, politician, Nobel Peace Prize laureate<\/p>\n

    His ship, the Fram, inspired me to build Antarctica, now named Tara.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6063″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    ERNEST SHACKLETON<\/h3>\n

    British explorer of the South Pole<\/p>\n

    He had the audacity and the lucidity to lead his teammates to the very edge of life without ever losing any of them.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6078″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    TH\u00c9ODORE MONOD<\/h3>\n

    Naturalist, pacifist, explorer of the Sahara<\/p>\n

    “Beyond a certain level of power, man is no longer part of the ecological network.”[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6069″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    JEAN JAUR\u00c8S<\/h3>\n

    French politician<\/p>\n

    “Courage is striving for the ideal while understanding reality.” Speech to high school students in Albi in 1903. Still relevant today.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6067″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    JEAN-BAPTISTE CHARCOT<\/h3>\n

    Doctor and polar explorer<\/p>\n

    Despite pressure from his father, a renowned neurologist, he abandoned medicine to pursue his passion: exploring polar regions, particularly aboard the famous Pourquoi Pas?[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6070″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    J.J. CALE<\/h3>\n

    American singer-songwriter and guitarist<\/p>\n

    For decades and still today, his country blues are always a little boost when the need arises.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_margin=”80px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6066″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    HAROUN TAZIEFF<\/h3>\n

    Agronomist, geologist, mining engineer, volcanologist and Russian writer (naturalized Belgian then French)<\/p>\n

    Aventurier des volcans, j’ai aim\u00e9 ses audacieux engagements sur le terrain, la libert\u00e9 de ses coups de gueule, il m’a inspir\u00e9 l’exp\u00e9dition au volcan Erebus.[\/nectar_flip_box][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_col-xs-6″][nectar_flip_box image_url_1=”6051″ text_color=”dark” icon_color=”accent-color” bg_color_2=”#000000″ text_color_2=”light” h_text_align=”left” v_text_align=”top” image_loading=”default” flip_direction=”horizontal-to-left”]\n

    PAUL-EMILE VICTOR<\/h3>\n

    French polar explorer, scientist, ethnologist and writer<\/p>\n

    All those who are still discovering the great polar adventure today owe a thought to PEV. “I would like to come with you, not this time but in a future life.”
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    SCRIPPS<\/h3>\n

    Institution of Oceanography – UC San Diego<\/p>\n

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