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Interview with Captain Devorsine<\/h2>\n
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At the helm at PONANT since 2018, Stanislas Devorsine has been living a life of swells and adventures since the cradle. He has also been a crew member with the very best ocean racers, though it is his expertise in sailing in polar regions that naturally led him aboard Le Commandant Charcot<\/a>,<\/em> a ship that continues to \u201cblow his mind\u201d. <\/em>A look back at the extraordinary background and career of a man driven by a passion for polar exploration and a taste for challenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A born sailor<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019ll understand why it\u2019s impossible for me to remember<\/em>.\u201d When asked about how he felt the first time he climbed aboard a boat, Captain Stanislas Devorsine is lost for words. Unsurprising, given that he was barely two months old when his parents first introduced him to the lulling of the waves on board the family yacht.<\/p>\n

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The rest of his personal ship\u2019s log confirms the sense of a virus passed on from earliest childhood. From the very first excitement in Optimist sailing dinghies \u2013 \u201cthose soap boxes, incredible for learning to sail, and in which you start making genuine decisions from the age of six<\/em>\u201d \u2013 to the thrill of sailing a keelboat purchased with his brother as a teenager, the young sailor always had an eye to bigger things. He forged these initial dreams, too, through the stories of Nansen, Amundsen and Shackleton, three polar explorers whose adventures he devoured.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Louis Etienne: a role model<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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And then, of course, there is Jean-Louis Etienne<\/a>, who he sees as the very incarnation of a modern explorer. Like some precious object you hardly dare touch, he actually remembers, as a child, stroking the hull of L\u2019Antarctica<\/em> (since renamed Tara<\/em>), the yacht of his idol, at Camaret-sur-Mer: \u201cIt was a robust, intelligent boat that could cope with ice and venture into hostile areas<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Though the boy Devorsine was at the time did not yet know it, he would go on to become friends with his role model many years later; it\u2019s 2010, and his telephone rings. On the other end of the line, Jean-Louis Etienne in person. He needs an opinion and some advice about his Polar Pod project: \u201cI was so proud<\/em>,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Louis Etienne and the Polar Pod<\/h2>\n

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The Polar Pod is a vertical scientific platform, a part of which will be submerged to a depth of 75 metres beneath the waters of the Southern Ocean. It will drift around Antarctica by means of the circumpolar current. Stanislas Devorsine works on the design of a polar yacht built specially for sailing the seas of the south, and which will be used for resupplying the platform on a regular basis and rotating personnel every two months.<\/p>\n

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A versatile, multifaceted sailor<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Stanislas Devorsine owes this phone call to a career defined by grit and determination. After training at France\u2019s merchant navy training school, he builds a reputation as an eclectic sailor with, variously, a role as a crew member on the Pen Duick VI<\/em>, aboard which he simultaneously experiences both the ice and the canals of Patagonia for the first time; a Jules Verne Trophy accomplished in 64 days on G\u00e9ronimo<\/em> with Olivier de Kersauson; and assignments on the Abeille Flandre<\/em>, a tug known\/famous for its participation in the response to the sinking of the oil tanker Erika<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/strong>Stanislas has sailed around the world in a sailing yacht and has experience of the Southern Ocean. His career, full of bold daring and audacity, makes him a sailor with an approach much like an explorer. I\u2019m often in contact with him as part of the Polar Pod project, for which I feed off his ideas, off his creative force. He gives me advice with a deep sense of honesty and lots of generosity. That is all very valuable for the project.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Objective: Astrolabe<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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A decade as captain of L<\/em>\u2019Astrolabe<\/em> \u2013 a patrol and supply ship chartered by the Institut polaire fran\u00e7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) \u2013 followed next. He thus breaks his first ice, both in order to reach the Dumont D\u2019Urville scientific base in Ad\u00e9lie Land<\/a> and when conducting oceanographic operations at sea.<\/p>\n

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L\u2019Astrolabe<\/em> has been his dream since, as a dedicated reader of Chasse-Mar\u00e9e<\/em> magazine, he first found about this French-flagged ship in an interview with its captain. Though not yet 20, he sends off his CV to apply for a work placement. A second application follows the next year. Then a third: \u201cI kept writing until it worked<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ten years later,\u00a0 just before he turns 30, the much-anticipated positive response arrives. It is at this point that Stanislas Devorsine discovers what he considers to be \u201c\u2026the top of the heap. It was a world as fantastic as it was fascinating. <\/em>\u2018L\u2019Astro\u2019 is a difficult ship in terms of comfort, but this is precisely what gives it such a distinct atmosphere, with everyone standing shoulder to shoulder. For me, it was also an opportunity to work side by side with the older sailors and offered the prospect of learning over a very long period of time .\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Learning about the ice on board L\u2019Astrolabe<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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On this ship, Stanislas Devorsine experienced polar sailing in the world\u2019s remotest regions for the first time, side by side with sailors who had 20 years ice-breaking experience behind them. \u201cAll sailing and navigating through ice requires a great deal of care, prudence and sensitivity in terms of finding the best route and using the ship\u2019s energy economically. It\u2019s as fascinating as a game of chess. The straight line is never the shortest! Technology isn\u2019t enough. You also need a keen sense of observation, which incidentally brings to mind what can happen in ocean races; that\u2019s what I retain from this experience. With all the humility that demands, of course\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Le Commandant Charcot<\/em>: a new polar adventure<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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It is in order to share his expertise of ice-breaking, in particular, that Captain Devorsine joins PONANT in 2018. He puts the finishing touches to the safety equipment on Le Commandant Charcot<\/em> together with the team tasked with developing this innovative ship: survival suits, polar life rafts\u2026<\/p>\n

The presence of laboratories hosting teams of scientists on board is also very important to him: \u201cI like the idea of a connection being established between them and our cruise guests, particularly via the conferences. In a way, it\u2019s also thanks to them that <\/em>Le Commandant Charcot is able to collect valuable data. And I like to keep this virtuous circle in mind.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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And feelings and sensations, in all that? \u201dI can\u2019t get used to this ship\u2019s ability to so easily and gently pass the impassable\u201d \u2013<\/em> an impetuosity that helps to make the 7,500 nautical miles (nearly 14,000 km: the equivalent of covering a quarter of the circumference of the globe in 28 days) of semi-circumnavigations of Antarctica<\/a> even more \u201c\u2026vertiginous. This itinerary between Lyttelton <\/em>(in New Zealand<\/a>) and Ushuaia involves us passing through very remote areas. The coasts of Antarctica offer a majestic variety of scenery. More than just a voyage, you\u2019re in a state of constant contemplation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The circuit of Antarctica: why not?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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With so many routes under his belt, are there still adventures that fire Captain Devorsine\u2019s imagination? The answer is as clear as the circuit of Greenland<\/a> and circumnavigation of the Arctic traced by his finger on the map: \u201cThat there, is the ultimate voyage. The course is magnificent. In particular, you could pass via the Kerguelen islands to the east. <\/em>Le Commandant Charcot, in my view, is made for that, so why not\u2026<\/em> .\u201d Like a kind of nod to the Pourquoi-Pas?<\/em> and the spirit of challenge of Jean-Baptiste Charcot\u2026<\/p>\n

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Photos credits : \u00a9StudioPONANT \/ Nath Michel \/ No\u00e9mie Watel \/\u00a0 Romain Farge; \u00a9PONANT \/ Photo Ambassador Sue Flood<\/p>\n

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PONANT takes you there<\/p>\n

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Embark for an unforgettable polar odyssey<\/p>\n

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