French schooner La Boudeuse captained by Patrice Franceschi (R) leaves the port of Brest, western France, on November 09, 2009. The three mats Goelette leaves for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

French schooner La Boudeuse captained by Patrice Franceschi (R) leaves the port of Brest, western France, on November 09, 2009. The three mats Goelette leaves for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007.

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  2. Captain of the French schooner 'La Boudeuse' explorer Patrice Franceschi (L) welcomes French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo (L) on October 14, 2009 at the Musee de la Marine in Paris, prior to his departure for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007. 2ndL is the president of French Explorers, Olivier Archambeau.
  3. Captain of the French schooner 'La Boudeuse' explorer Patrice Franceschi (L) welcomes French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo (L) on October 14, 2009 at the Musee de la Marine in Paris, prior to his departure for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007. 2ndL is the president of French Explorers, Olivier Archambeau.
  4. Captain of the French schooner 'La Boudeuse' explorer Patrice Franceschi (C) speaks with French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo (L) on October 14, 2009 at the Musee de la Marine in Paris, prior to his departure for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007. 2ndL is the president of French Explorers, Olivier Archambeau.
  5. French Ecology minister Jean-Louis Borloo (L) and Foreign Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner attend a press conference given prior to a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on November 14, 2009 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. Lula arrived in Europe on November 14 to attend a UN food agency meeting in Rome and discuss climate change and military jets in Paris, to boost Brazil's air force's capabilities of patrolling the Amazon and offshore oil fields.
  6. French Ecology minister Jean-Louis Borloo arrive to attend a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on November 14, 2009 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. Lula arrived in Europe on November 14 to attend a UN food agency meeting in Rome and discuss climate change and military jets in Paris, to boost Brazil's air force's capabilities of patrolling the Amazon and offshore oil fields.
  7. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) gives a press conference in front of his Ecology minister Jean-Louis Borloo prior to a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on November 14, 2009 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. Lula arrived in Europe on November 14 to attend a UN food agency meeting in Rome and discuss climate change and military jets in Paris, to boost Brazil's air force's capabilities of patrolling the Amazon and offshore oil fields.
  8. (From L) French Industry minister Christian Estrosi, Transports state secretary Dominique Bussereau, Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development and Climate Negotiations State Minister Jean-Louis Borloo and France's Health, Youth, Sport and Associations minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin attend the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 10, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  9. French Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development and Climate Negotiations State Minister Jean-Louis Borloo (R) and French Transports state secretary Dominique Bussereau attend the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 10, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  10. French Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development and Climate Negotiations State Minister Jean-Louis Borloo speaks during the weekly session of the questions to the government, on November 10, 2009 at the French National Assembly in Paris.
  11. French schooner La Boudeuse captained by Patrice Franceschi leaves the port of Brest, western France, on November 09, 2009. The three mats Goelette leaves for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007.
  12. French schooner La Boudeuse captained by Patrice Franceschi (R) leaves the port of Brest, western France, on November 09, 2009. The three mats Goelette leaves for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007.
  13. French schooner La Boudeuse captained by Patrice Franceschi leaves the port of Brest, western France, on November 09, 2009. The three mats Goelette leaves for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007.
  14. French schooner La Boudeuse captained by Patrice Franceschi leaves the port of Brest, western France, on November 09, 2009. The three mats Goelette leaves for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007.
  15. French schooner La Boudeuse captained by Patrice Franceschi leaves the port of Brest, western France, on November 09, 2009. The three mats Goelette leaves for a two-year scientific expedition entitled 'Terre Ocean' (Earth Ocean) from South America to Pacific Ocean, directed by French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo as part of the 'Grenelle de l'Environnement', a governemental commitment on environmental measures signed on December 2007.
  16. French Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (L,) Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo (C), and Prime Minister Francois Fillon (R) listen to France's President Nicolas Sarkozy deliver his speech following an Overseas Departments and Territorial Administration cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris November 6, 2009.

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