Name: Ocean Deep: Exploring the Deep Oceans from the Philippine Trench to the Endurance Wreck
Start: 2025-11-11T18:45:00+08:00
End: 2025-11-11T20:30:00+08:00
Location: Fairmont House, 8 Cotton Tree Drive, Central

Ocean Deep: Exploring the Deep Oceans from the Philippine Trench to the Endurance Wreck

In this talk, distinguished French divers Jeremie Morizet and Maeva Onde tell the amazing story of their deep-sea exploration work around the world.

By way of introduction, Jeremie and Maeva update the audience of the amazing speed of development of study of the world’s deep oceans, about which mankind knows less than we do of the moon. The also talk also tells of their recent expeditions all around the world.

In particular, they talk of their expedition to the Philippine Trench, the third deepest in the world. Its deepest point is at Emden Deep, at about 10,540 metres in the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines.

They also talk of the Endurance22 expedition, of which they were leading members, a large and highly successful expedition which set out to find Sir Ernest Shckleton’s ship the Endurance.

The talk is richly illustrated by film clips and photographs from the Royal Geographical Society in London, the Falkland Islands Maritime Heritage Trust and from the Endurane22 expedition, as well as their own incredible images.

Jeremie Morizet is a leading deep-sea diver from Normandy, France. He is a specialist in survey operations and shipwreck research, such as for the UNESCO project Archeomar and the search for the ship Re d’Italia. In 2005, he joined Comex Deep Sea Salvage to work on innovative ultra-deep surveys. As part of this, he transformed the ice breaker John Lethbridge into a state-of-the-art abyssal research vessel. Since 2010, he has worked for Deep Ocean Search, including on the Endurance22 Expedition.

Maeva Onde is from France and is a graduate of L’Institut national des sciences et techniques de la mer (Intechmer) in Normandy, France. she is a Senior Surveyor at Deep Ocean Search, where she has worked since 2010 as Hydrographic Senior Surveyor & Party-Chief. She was a long-standing member of the Endurance22 Expedition, working with the remote-controlled submarine and makes several appearances in the film ENDURANCE.

Members of the RGS, their guests and others are most welcome to attend this event. The venue and catering costs are HK$200 for RGS Members and HK$250 for guests and others. This event is free of charge for student members.

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The opinions expressed in this event are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of the Royal Geographical Society - Hong Kong.