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During the One Ocean Summit on February 11, 2022, the President of the Republic announced the extension of the national reserve of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF), created in 2006. The reserve, whose surface had already been extended in 2016, now covers an area of 1.6 million km 2 , i.e. all of the exclusive economic zones of…
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Deployed since November 29, 2021 on a maritime surveillance mission in the Indian Ocean, the Overseas Support and Assistance Building (BSAOM) Champlain has carried out a support mission for scientific operations at sea for the benefit of the French office. of biodiversity (OFB) from December 6 to 12, 2021. The teams in charge of the campaign “Assessment of the state…
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March 29, 2021 (Google Translation) – Part of Réunion since February 25, 2021, the Floréal Surveillance Frigate (FS) is carrying out a sovereignty mission within the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF). Following a stopover in Durban and with a crew tested negative for COVID-19, the Floréal headed south-east towards the 40th roaring and 50th screaming. This refers to the…
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March 19, 2021 (Google Translation) – The polar patrol vessel L’Astrolabe has been carrying out a logistics support mission in Antarctica (MSLA) since October 2020. Five rotations between Hobart, in Tasmania and the French scientific station of Dumont d’Urville (DDU), in Terre Adélie are planned every year to supply the station and carry out personnel changes. This season a 6th…
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December 2, 2020 (Google Translation) – On November 9, 2020, the crew of the surveillance frigate (FS) Nivôse set sail for its second mission of the year in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF). In these isolated spaces, far from any support and in extreme conditions, all precautions have been taken to limit the risk so as not to…
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