Jean-Louis Etienne Unveils Total Pole Airship 150 Days Before North Pole Expedition

French explorer Jean-Louis Etienne* will unveil the Total Pole Airship tomorrow at the Boussiron hangars of the Marseille Provence airport, marking a new step in his project to fly over the Arctic Ocean in April 2008. Organized as part of the fourth International Polar Year, the expedition is placed under the high patronage of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Secretary of Ecology, has accepted to be the airship’s sponsor and His Serene Highness Albert II of Monaco will attend the unveiling ceremony.