“Essential link” of the future Polar Pod expedition, which must study the hostile expanses of the Southern Ocean, a major carbon sink for the climate, Perseverancea giant schooner ready to face the storms, was baptized on Wednesday in the Old Port of Marseille.
“The largest oceanographic sailing ship in the world”, this 42 m long support vessel with an aluminum reinforced hull will take over the crew change and refueling of the Polar Pod, a drifting oceanographic platform whose construction due to begin in October and the last “baby” of the French explorer doctor Jean-Louis Etienne.