{"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":"2026-05-18T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:07:11","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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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_gallery css=”” type=”flickity_style” images=”6899,6900,6901,6902″ flickity_spacing=”10px” flickity_controls=”none” flickity_overflow=”visible” flickity_wrap_around=”no-wrap” flickity_desktop_columns=”4″ flickity_small_desktop_columns=”1″ flickity_tablet_columns=”1″ flickity_phone_columns=”1″ flickity_box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”lazy-load” onclick=”link_no” img_size=”medium”][\/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” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” 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column_border_style=”solid”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bottom_padding=”5%” 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” left_margin=”10%” right_margin=”10%” 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” 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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

    He made his first Atlantic crossings on Father Jaouen\u2019s Bel Espoir for the rehabilitation of drug addicts, then with Alain Colas for an Atlantic record.<\/p>\n

    As a doctor specialising in sports biology and nutrition, Jean-Louis Etienne has taken part in numerous expeditions to the Himalayas, Greenland and Patagonia as well as crewing with Eric Tabarly for a round-the-world race aboard Pen Duick VI. <\/p>\n

    In 1986 he became the first man to reach the North Pole solo overland, pulling his own sled for 63 days. <\/p>\n

    Between July 1989 and March 1990, he was co-leader alongside American Will Steger of the international Transantarctica expedition, which used dog sleds to make the longest overland crossing of Antarctica ever accomplished: 6,300 km.<\/p>\n

    Jean-Louis Etienne is also a totally committed environmentalist, and between 1990 and 1996 he led a number of education-oriented scientific expeditions to raise public awareness of the Polar regions and to learn more about their impact on the Earth\u2019s climate and life forms. In 1991-92 he travelled in the polar sailing vessel Antarctica to Patagonia, South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Then in 1993-94 he led the Erebus expedition and in 1995-96 he wintered at Spitzbergen. <\/p>\n

    In the spring of 2002, Jean-Louis Etienne undertook Mission Banquise (Sea-Ice Mission), drifting for three months on the sea ice around the North Pole in his Polar Observer capsule in order to carry our research and gather data on global warming.<\/p>\n

    From December 2004 to April 2005, he led a team of researchers from the Natural History Museum, IRD and CNRS (the National Scientific Research Centre) to carry out a biodiversity inventory and assess the state of the marine environment around the French atoll of Clipperton in the Pacific.<\/p>\n

    From September 2007 to October 2008, he was Director of the Oceanographic Institute \u2013 Foundation Albert I Prince of Monaco.<\/p>\n

    In April 2010, he made the first crossing of the Arctic Ocean with a balloon rozi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

    Its next expedition will be a 2-year mission around Antarctica aboard the POLAR POD, an international oceanographic Station, for the study of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a major player in the Earth\u2019s climate and an immense reserve of Marine biodiversity still unknown.[\/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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