Promoting exploration, history, science and technology while respecting the environment
Swiss Association of Exploration
Founded by Milko Vuille, Monique Margot, the first benefactor, and Catherine Forster-Bonhôte in July 2020 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the association aims to promote exploration, history, science and technology as well as environmental and biodiversity protection.
Driven by more than an educational scope, the Swiss Association of Exploration’s mission is to breathe new life into the history of some of the bravest explorers’ discoveries and their exciting adventures to the earth’s deepest abyss, the poles or space, preventing them from fading into the mist of time.
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The Eira Scientific Expedition
The Eira Scientific Expedition, managed the Swiss Association of Exploration (ASE-SAE), aims to confirm the location of, and to study, the Eira wreck.
The Eira project presents more than just an opportunity to learn more about our past. One of its most significant missions will be the deployment of an international team of specialists to study the wreckage located in most northerly point in the world. Their findings will uncover the secrets which lie below the surface.
A recent expedition to Franz Josef Land found wooden remains in the exact area where the renowned explorer, Benjamin Leigh-Smith, recorded his ship as having sunk in 1881. If confirmed as the Eira, this major discovery will enable access inside the life of one the great explorers and adventurers the world has known.
The significance of the Expedition
Identifying, studying and preserving the wreck of the Eira has never been more important than today.
The remains of the Eira will provide a window into the past, allowing the exploration team to learn more about what happened but as importantly about the present and ways in which science can help protect the ocean. The results from an inventory of the wreck’s condition will play a major role in studying the human impact of the Arctic region.
Become a Patron?
The Eira Scientific Expedition is a unique opportunity to contribute to a historical project of great magnitude. Great explorers and their tales have always fed our dreams and they continue to do so by taking us to little known places, where mysteries and heroes abound. Beyond the fantasy that arises with the mere thought of those adventures, comes the willingness to support a journey that brings together different countries and carries a message of human spirit and unity.
By adding your name to this project, you will be directly associated not only with the spirit of those heroes, but also with the safeguarding the cultural and natural heritage of our beautiful yet fragile planet. Supporting this expedition means actively contributing to the protection of our history and environment and fighting some of the biggest challenges of the present and future.
Association Suisse d’Explorations
IBAN: CH430029029014070401V
BIC/ SWIFT: UBSWCHZH80A
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Place Pury, 5
2000 Neuchâtel
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Where is the Eira Scientific Expedition
Cape Flora - Northbrook Island - 79°54′N 50°54′E
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
info@ase-explorations.ch
Phone
+41 (0) 79 354 7556