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Page 68 THE FESTIVUS Vol. XXXIX: Supplement
JEAN-LOUIS ETIENNE EXPÉDITION CLIPPERTON, DECEMBER 2004 - APRIL 2005
Expedition Organizer: Jean-Louis Etienne, Ph.D.,
Septième Continent
Dates: December 2004 – April 2005 (land-based on
Clipperton)
Route of Expedition: Vessel arrived from France to
board Expedition members and guests at Acapulco,
Guerrero, México – Île Clipperton – Acapulco,
Guerrero, México. Rotations were done every three
weeks including seven days of transport.
Expedition Vessel: M/S RARA AVIS (Brest, France);
three masted schooner, 38 m (Figure 24)
Owner: Père Jaouen, France
Captain: Simone Rigal
EXPEDITION PARTICIPANTS FOR ROTATION
13 January through 1 February 2005
Chief Technical Engineer: Camille Fresser, Septième
Continent
Chief Medical Officer: Jean-Michel Bompar, M.D.
Chief Scientist: Jean-Marie Bouchard, Septième
Continent/MNHN
Chief Diving Officer: Jean-Claude Brive
Kirstie L. Kaiser, SBMNH and LACM, Research
Associate (mollusks)
Stéphane Hourdez, CNRS-Station Biologique de
Roscoff (physiology of deep-water organisms, worms)
Laurent Albenga, MNHN, scientific diver
La.titia Dugrais, MNHN, scientific diver
Mathieu Le Corre, U de la Réunion (physiology of birds)
Henry Wiemerskirch, CNRS (taxonomy of birds)
Roger Swaintson, Freemantle, Western Australia,
scientific illustrator
Expedition Chef: Eric Rives
Guests (24 hour stay on Clipperton): French journalists
(5) plus Coralie Jugan (attachée de presse, Septième
Continent); Marc Guijarro and Bernard Ronot (Gaz de
France); Danielle and Jean-Claude Besudo, Bogotá,
Colombia
Figure 24. The French motor schooner RARA AVIS moored at her permanent site on the southwest side of Clipperton.
Photo: Camille Fresser, taken on 17 January 2005 at 7:05 pm.