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Cofondateurs & codirecteurs

Ghislain BARDOUT

EXPEDITIONS CO-FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR
UNDER THE POLE

Energy engineer

Deep polar diving specialist and underwater cameraman

Biography

Since 2006, he joined the adventure and the polar regions underwater exploration.

Attracted by the sea and the mountains, he first developed a passion for climbing and scuba diving. These activities quickly led him to teach it and to diversify his skills in both technical and professional diving. During his studies, he worked closely as a logistician and technical manager for Jean-Louis Étienne. This way, in April 2007 he organized a diving campaign at the North Pole, involving an underwater robot and six divers.

He then imagined an underwater exploration project aiming a complete photographic and cinematographic report on the underwater world of pack ice: the expedition "Deepsea Under The Pole by Rolex". To make his dream come true, he became an entrepreneur.

In the spring of 2010, after 3 years of preparation, together with 7 team members and a husky, Ghislain arrives in the polar night, 76 km from the North Pole. At the end of trying 45 days living on the pack ice and 51 dives in extreme conditions, this first adventure ended with remarkable success. It brings back some unique and spectacular photos of pack ice, which have traveled the world, testifying to a dream world in distress due to the global warming.

Thanks to this first success, in 2011 Ghislain starts working on the "Under The Pole" underwater exploration program. Welcomed by offshore racing sailor Roland Jourdain, he movs to a real preparation base in Concarneau and prepares to launch a new expedition: "Under The Pole II - Discovery Greenland". In 2013 together with Emmanuelle Périé-Bardout, he acquired a 19.5 m aluminum schooner the "WHY", in order to make it a traveling base camp dedicated to diving and polar exploration.

In January 2014, nearly a hundred crew members and collaborators as well as more than 80 partner companies and research institutes accompagnied the departure for Greenland. This expedition received an official support and sponsorship from the "Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research". After 4 months of deep dives, in July 2014 Ghislain crossed the 100 m bar in diving with mixtures in a rebreather for the first time in the polar region. After wintering in the pack ice, he goes on in April 2015, making the first dive beyond 100 m under the pack ice. In September 2015, after 21 months of polar immersion, the expedition returned to France. Since then, Ghislain and his crew have been preparing the Under The Pole III expedition.

Emmanuelle PÉRIÉ-BARDOUT

EXPEDITIONS CO-FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR
UNDER THE POLE

National Sailing School graduated skipper

Polar regions specialist

Biography

Ancienne équipière de Jean-Louis Étienne, elle porte aux côtés de Ghislain le programme Under The Pole. Skipper du « WHY », elle dirige la communication des expéditions et aime à documenter, en particulier à travers l’écriture, les régions encore vierges d’exploration.

Passionnée depuis l’enfance par la mer et les cétacés, elle embarque à 13 ans pour 6 mois à bord de la goélette école « Grace O’ Malley ». En 2000, elle se forme aux Glénan puis à l’École Nationale de Voile jusqu’à atteindre le plus haut niveau dans l’enseignement en croisière. Parallèlement à son travail de responsable de l’île de Penfret – où elle gère pas moins de 200 stagiaires et 50 moniteurs – elle expérimente la course au large en Mini 6.50.

Suite à sa rencontre avec Jean-Louis Étienne, elle embarque pour Clipperton, comme marin et co-responsable des activités nautiques. À son retour, elle devient monitrice de plongée avant de repartir pour un an et demi de navigation polaire entre Norvège et Spitsberg, comme second à bord du Southern Star d’Olivier Pitras. En 2007, elle retrouve Jean-Louis Étienne pour une expédition sur un bateau des airs : le dirigeable. C’est à cette occasion qu’en 2008 elle se rend pour la première fois au pôle Nord Géographique.

Emmanuelle then joined Ghislain to prepare Deepsea Under The Pole by Rolex expedition. In 2010, she was the only woman diving on the pack ice, taking care of communications and the dog Kayak. Since then, she is fully devoted to the new expedition preparing: Discovery Greenland - Under The Pole Part II.

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Angélique HONORÉ-GUILET

ADMINISTRATIVE & FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Erwan MARIVINT

GENERAL COORDINATION & PARTNERSHIPS

Clarisse GASPAR

COMMUNICATION MANAGER

Gaëlle BOUTTIER

AWARENESS COORDINATOR

Joel CASSET

RESPONSABLE PLONGÉE

Myrina BOULAIS

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR

Tony SIEGFRIEDT

ADMIN

Franck GAZZOLA

PHOTOGRAPHER & INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Capucine BOQUET

CHARGÉE DE PROJET
CARAVANE PÉDAGOGIQUE

Alexandre THILLAY

PARTENARIATS

Matthias TYRLIK

COMMUNICATION

Martin MELLET

MARINE PROJECT MANAGER

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L’équipe des expéditions est pluridisciplinaire : plongeurs, marins, alpinistes, ingénieurs, mécaniciens, cuisiniers, caméramans, preneurs de son, réalisateurs, photographes, biologistes, médecins, scientifiques… Ils mettaient leurs compétences à l’œuvre aux Canaries.

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Alexis DEBIERRE

CUISINIER DE BORD

Aurélie MERCIER

SCOLARITÉ DE TOM ET ROBIN À BORD

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— Ghislain BARDOUT —

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