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Polar POD
An inhabited
oceanographic platform

An Unparalleled Maritime Adventure,

A Scientific and Technological Challenge

It all starts with the strength of an idea…

An idea is never a spontaneous creation, it is the apportune synthesis at the confluence of the inner necessity, an objective need, the desire to engage in unknown territory.

I like to invent, to design unexpected vessels to explore differently. The moment will soon come when nothing will be able to stop the departure towards these great spaces which carry my dreams…

Jean-Louis Etienne
Jean-Louis Étienne Returns to Clipperton, Twenty Years Later – Sails and SailboatsNews

Jean-Louis Étienne Returns to Clipperton, Twenty Years Later – Sails and Sailboats

5 November 2025
Clipperton 2025: 20 Years Later, Jean-Louis Étienne Returns to the Pacific – Le Figaro NautismeNews

Clipperton 2025: 20 Years Later, Jean-Louis Étienne Returns to the Pacific – Le Figaro Nautisme

5 November 2025
20 Years Later, Jean-Louis Étienne Returns to Clipperton – Mer Et MarineNews

20 Years Later, Jean-Louis Étienne Returns to Clipperton – Mer Et Marine

5 November 2025
Persévérance, a Sailboat for the Planet – Biblioteca MagazineNews

Persévérance, a Sailboat for the Planet – Biblioteca Magazine

5 November 2025
Europe 1 Morning Weekend – Alexis De La FléchèreNews

Europe 1 Morning Weekend – Alexis De La Fléchère

5 November 2025