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Deepsea Under The Pole

In 2010, a century after explorers first claimed to have reached the North Pole, eight pioneers of extreme frontiers took up a wild challenge, named ‘Deepsea Under The Pole’, a polar expedition to learn about the underwater side of the Arctic.

The team

Their mission: discover and disclose what lies under the sea ice. For 45 days, the team ski-trekked at the top of the globe in the Great Canadian North making dive after dive, bearing witness to an abundant ecosystem that is falling victim to global warming. In their luggage were still and video cameras and… five Rolex watches.

“The only diving instruments which performed all the time were our Rolex watches – the Oyster Perpetual Rolex Deepsea model,” said Emmanuelle Périé-Bardout, the team’s only female member, after the expedition was over.