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Length: 250 feet - Width: 42 feetMax speed: 16 knotsCruising speed: 12 knotsAutonomy: 12 000 miles at 11 knots

FEATURES Engine: 6 electrical generatorsClassified Hull: Ice 1C (Arctic and Antarctic)Clean Ship (recycles all its waste)Possible number of guests: 10

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Ranked Cleanship, Yersin responds to the will of the owner of a clean and green ship allowing him to navigate the most remote and protected areas of the world.

The vessel thus has particulate filters on exhausts, with a keel treated with a coating of silicone, avoiding all harmful chemical waste, and a grinding system, sterilization and storage of waste for a period of 50 days for 40 people, a biological central of treatment of gray and black water (zero discharge for 10 days) and outdoor decks covered with a resin in replacement of Teak ...

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COMFORT DESPITE 70% OF TECHNICAL SPACEDesigned to home invited passengers, engineers, scientists or technicians during foreign missions, Yersin is also a very functional ship. In addition to laboratories, container storage platform, media room and infirmary, she offers 5 VIP double rooms, a movie room, a dive center, a fitness room and a spa.

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2.YERSINPARTICIPATEIN A MISSIONWITHSOMEWHERECLUB

Somewhere Club is an exclusive club gathering great directors, explorers, scientists, top athletes, artists and starred chefs.All these personalities are pooling their talents to produce adventure, science and education missions.

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PURPOSE OF THE MISSION Make world leaders aware of

the beauty and fragility of our environment and

the necessity to protect larger areas.


COSTA RICA10 Days in June 2018


Céline is the daughter of ocean explorer and filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau and grand-daughter of the famous captain Jacques Yves Cousteau.

Céline Cousteau is a mul-tifaceted social and envi-ronmental activist working with a variety of mediums from documentaries to art and design, consulting with corporations and founda-tions to public speaking. Each form shares the same message of interconnecti-vity between humans and the natural world.

Extending her family legacy and her expertise, Céline co-founded The Céline Cousteau Film Fellowship, a nonprofit pro-gram whose mission is to empower young aspiring filmmakers, creatives, and activists to inspire change through filmmaking. Her work has included being Guest Designer for Swarovski, ambassador for The TreadRight Foundation, and Mem-ber of the World Economic Forum Council on Oceans. Céline sits on the advisory boards of The Himalayan Consensus and Marine Construction Technologies.

Céline is currently in development of an impact campaign for her latest film, “Tribes on the Edge”.


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Freediving compe-titor, Fred Buyle broke many world records in different free diving disciplines from 1995 to 2004.

After the race to records, Fred Buyle then concentrated himself on the art of photography (a passion inherited from his great-grandfather) and underwater video with a peculiarity: all pictures are taken in apnea . This feature owes him an international reputation in the world of apnea, the greatest champions having been photographed or filmed by Fred Buyle.

Concerned by conservation issues for many years, in 2005 Fred Buyle started to work with marine biologists, assisting them in their field work. He uses his freediving abilities to approach the animals and perform tasks such as acoustic and satellite tagging or DNA sampling.


Marc Jeanson is an

agronomist gra-duated from the Insti-tut National Agrono-mique of Paris and a botanist, doctor in plant systematics from the National Museum of Natu-ral History in Paris and the New York Botanical Garden (United States). His doc-toral thesis, defended in 2011, is devoted to a group of palm trees from Southeast Asia. Thanks to many field expe-riences on different continents he has a good knowledge of tropical flora. Co-organizer and scientific co-leader since 2012 of the Botanical Encounters of Varen-geville (Normandie), he collaborates regularly with various actors of the world of the gardens and is in particular organizer of the exhibition “Jar-dins” which took place in the Grand Palais from March 15th to July 24th, 2017. He is the author of numerous scientific publications but also of scientific supports for specialists or the general public. Marc Jeanson is since 2013 the head of the collections of the national herbarium at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.


A lifelong native of Costa Rica, Randall

Ortega Chaves has spent most of his 30 years in constant fascination with the diverse ecosystems of his

tropical homeland. Randall is a specialist in bird photography and currently the owner and lead guide for Costa Rica Birding Journeys, a small eco travel and birding expedition company in Costa Rica. Although he is experienced in all areas of natural history, Randall’s personal specialty and passion leans towards serious birding groups. For the past four years, Randall has worked for the national park

systems, guiding birding and natural history groups, educa-ting visitors, and contributing to bird life research,

specifically at Carara National Park . Randall’s knowledge of birds is vast, but small in

comparison to his enthusiasm and excitement to always

learn more about them.


Bernard Fontanille is an emer-gency doctor in Chamonix

(french Alps), accustomed to interventions in difficult ter-

rain. Sensitive and passionate, he travels the world for various medical missions, whether it is to supervise teams or to treat

others, protect them and relieve their pain. His curiosity and his humanity guide his approach,

his need to experiment, his desire to discover others.

Also attracted by the world of cinema documentary and

writing, he co-wrote the book «Besides Medicines» (2014)

which illuminates traditional and ancestral medicines, as

well as the universal link that unites a patient and his caregi-ver. This book accompanies the eponymous documentary series broadcast on Arte in which each

program invites to discover a country, a doctor and a way of

treating.


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IMPORTANTYersin got special permits

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DAY 1DAvID CITY: Arrival at Enrique Malek International Airport (Panama). Road transfer to Puerto Mutis. Installation aboard Yersin. Presentation of Somewhere Team.

Presentation of Alexandre Yersin (who inspired the name of the vessel) by Dr Bernard Fontanille.

COIBA ISLAND: The Coiba National Park is one of the most important protected re-serves of Panama, covering an area of 680.000 acres. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the Coiba National Park is a sanctuary of the fauna and flora of Panama with 1,450 species of plants, 36 species of mammals, 147 bird species, 39 species of amphi-bians and reptiles and many aquatic species such as whale shark, tiger shark, manta ray, dolphinfish, yellowfin tuna, pantropical spotted dolphin, big-nosed dolphin, killer whale, and some times the humpback whale.

Snorkeling with Fred Buyle and Céline Cousteau. Bird watching with Randall Ortega

DAY 2COIBA ISLAND: Exploration of the island.

Botanic with Marc Jeanson, bird watching with Randall Ortega and Free diving with Fred Buyle and Céline Cousteau.

GRANITO DE ORO: Its steep volcanic outcropping forms a structure which holds the beautiful white sand in place and creates a reef structure which shelters a large variety of beautiful marine life. It is the aquarium of Coiba, offering easy access to eels, turtles and large schools of fish.

Yoga and free diving lessons on board with Fred Buyle. Snorkeling with Fred Buyle and Céline Cousteau.

RANCHERIA ISLAND: A stunningly beautiful and fully titled large island on Panama’s exotic Pacific.

Snorkeling with Fred Buyle and Céline Cousteau. Bird watching with Randall Ortega


DAY 3GULF OF CHIRIqUI: There are dozens of islands in this Gulf. The region contains one of the largest coral reefs in the Pacific and one of Central America’s richest mangrove forests.

Team: botanist Marc Jeanson. Ornithologist Randall Ortega.

PUNTA BURICA: Very wild piece of land separeting Panama from Costa Rica.

GOLFITO: Welcome to Costa Rica! Golfito is located on Costa Rica’s South Pacific coast, about 340 highway kilometers from San José. This small port city is a narrow strip along Golfito Bay backed against steep green hills covered with pristine rain-forest. This is the starting point of a navigation in one of the wildest part of Costa Rica.

Team: Marc Jeanson, Randall Ortega

DAY 4GULF OF DULCE: Wild, scenic and incredibly bio-diverse, this is the perfect place to catch butterflies by night with an entomologist.

Team: Randall Ortega and an entomologist

CORCOvADO NATIONAL PARK: The crown jewel of Costa Rica’s national park system, Corcovado National Park, is comprised of an enormous 103.290 acres of tropical rainforest. The largest of Costa Rica’s parks, it encompasses about a third of the Osa Peninsula and embraces an unbelievable amount of its biodiversity. Corcovado is home to 500 species of trees, making up one quarter of the tree species in Costa Rica. There are 6,000 species of insects, 140 species of mammals, almost 400 species of birds, 116 species of amphibians and reptiles and 40 species of fish. Some of the most frequently viewed wildlife includes jaguars, four species of sea turtles, anteaters, 220 species of butterflies, sloths, crocodiles, poison-arrow frogs, several species of monkeys, and, with luck, maybe even a tapir. All of the four species of turtles-olive Ridley, leatherback, hawksbill and Pacific green-are known to lay their eggs along the sandy coastal shores.



DAY 5CORCOvADO NATIONAL PARK: Another day in this amazing park to discover more spe-cies.


DRAKE BAY: Discovered by Sir Francis Drake during his travels around the world in the 16th century, Drake Bay packs natural beauty that has stood the test of time. It’s a spot well pro-tected from the large pacific waves. A kayak exploration would be possible on the nice Rio Aguajitas.

Team: Fred Buyle, Céline Cousteau, Randall Ortega

DAY 6CANO ISLAND: One of the best destination for free diving. The island is surrounded by five platforms of low coral reefs with many coral species. The coral reef environments are home to many different species of fish, e.g. parrot fish, Moorish Idol, Crocodile Needlefish, Guinea Fowl Puffer, Cornet fish and schools of Jack Fish, to name a few), and other aquatic animals such as sea turtles, sting rays, morays and white tip sharks.

Team: Fred Buyle, Céline Cousteau

DEPARTURE TO COCO ISLAND: Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, Coco island is located 342 miles from the Pacific shore of Costa Rica. A 28h navigation will lead to this legendary island. Cocos Island is often rated one of the top 10 best places to scuba dive in the world, and was described by Jacques Couteau as “The most beautiful island in the world.

The island’s waters explode with life including innumerable white tip reef sharks, schooling hammerheads, dolphins, mantas and marbled rays, giant moray eels, sailfish, and of course the occasional whale shark. Other common encounters are large schools of jacks and tuna, silky sharks, silver tips, marlin, Creole fish, green turtles and octopus.

Team: Fred Buyle, Céline Cousteau


DAY 7/8/9DEEP SEE SUBMARINE EXPERIENCE:

Have you ever wondered what lies within the dark Abyss? Since the first deep ocean explorations, venturing to these depths was reserved for a very few privileged scientists and military personnel. At Undersea Hunter, they are actively involved in extending that list of the fortunate few.

The DeepSee is a custom-built one-atmosphere submarine, capable of carrying a pilot and two passengers to a depth of 1,500 feet (450 meters). She is a flexible, capable and masterfully designed vehicle that can agilely operate throughout her range in comfort and safety.

The view from DeepSee’s acrylic sphere is unparalleled, with a 360-degree field of vision. The 4-inch thick acrylic sphere actually disappears when immersed, giving the astonishing sensation of total freedom.

Two dives a day (morning and afternoon).

WHAT TO EXPECT ? SEE THE vIDEO OF DEEP SEE

DAY 10ARRIvAL DAvID CITY: Back to the Panama airport of David City with a seaplane twin otter.

https://youtu.be/anVHbTlE_Kg?t=32


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TAGGING GREAT WHITE SHARKSBY FRED BUYLE

Free diving world champion and photographer

Beside uw imaging, Fred is helping scientists for tasks such as shark tagging for telemetry studies. So far Fred tagged successfully scalloped hammerhead shark, galapagos shark, lemon shark, great hammerhead shark and great white shark. Together with freediver William Winram, he founded Ocean Encounters, a par-tnership dedicated to the marine awareness activities and helping scientists on the field.

WHO IS ALEXANDRE YERSIN?BY DR BERNARD FONTANILLE

Emergency doctor and presenter of «Besides Medecines»

François Fiat, the owner of the Yersin exploration vessel gave this name to his ship in honor of this incredible explorer who discove-red the bubonic plague. But who is he exactly?


CORCOvADO NATIONAL PARKBY RANDALL ORTEGA

Ornithologist and wildlife photographer

COCO, THE TREASURE ISLANDBY BOTANIST MARC JEANSON

Head of the botanic museum of Paris


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VideoBY CELINE COUSTEAU

PHOTOBY FRED BUYLE


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Painter, photographer, businessman, inventor, Stéphane Brunner has a passion for great adventures: at 20 he accompanied an entomologist in Vietnam to hunt butterflies and fell in love with unusual trips. Later, he will run the planet on foot, horseback, canoe or bike. Today, he offers his demanding guests to share his vision of freedom.

David Benamou joined Somewhere Club in 2017 to boost the development of the company. He is Chief Investment Officer and Associate Partner at Axiom Alternative Investments since October 2011 after 11 years with Société Générale as Deputy Head of Structured Capital Finance. He’s a great sportsman, especially a telemark skier and an ironman triathlete.

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Skier, mountaineer and lover of distant travels, Pierre Malherbe organizes for several years handmade stays in France and abroad. He is mainly specialized in the creation of atypical sporting holidays combining Nature, taste for effort and luxury services.

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