It bears the same name as prestigious ships in the 19th century and as the robot launched by NASA on the planet Mars in 2021.
Perseverance
is the sailboat that will accompany Polar Pod, Jean-Louis Étienne's expedition in the Southern Ocean around of Antarctica.
However, this boat will also embark simple travelers who love cruises and adventures.
The polar explorer has the two ships built at the same time, the vertical and autonomous one which will move with the currents for three years at most, and the schooner, responsible for supplying the oceanographic station with personnel, equipment and food, all two months.
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Polar Pod will be able to leave in April 2024 at best. But the sailboat will be ready next March.
So we are going to do cruises for the general public while waiting to start the expedition
, ”enthuses its director Elsa Pény-Étienne, who has worked for twenty-five years in the shadow of her accomplice.
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This Jules Verne of modern times, who dedicated his life to the lands...
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