Swiss Marine Scientist Dives Into Paradise In The Seychelles

2/3/2025 6:45:38 AM

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Swiss marine scientist Henriette Grimmel lives far from family and friends on a remote island in the Seychelles. She spends her days studying life in the ocean.

This content was published on February 3, 2025 - 09:00 6 minutes

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Deutsch de Paradies als Arbeitsplatz: Eine Schweizerin erforscht auf den Seychellen den Ozean Original Read more: Paradies als Arbeitsplatz: Eine Schweizerin erforscht auf den Seychellen den Ozean
Français fr Le paradis comme lieu de travail: une Suisse explore l'océan aux Seychelles Read more: Le paradis comme lieu de travail: une Suisse explore l'océan aux Seychelle
Italiano it Il paradiso come posto di lavoro: una svizzera esplora l'oceano alle Seychelles Read more: Il paradiso come posto di lavoro: una svizzera esplora l'oceano alle Seychelles
Português pt Trabalhando no paraíso: uma suíça explora o oceano em Seychelles Read more: Trabalhando no paraíso: uma suíça explora o oceano em Seychelle
العربية ar جنة للعمل: سويسرية تدرس المحيط في جزيرة سيشل Read more: جنة للعمل: سويسرية تدرس المحيط في جزيرة سيشل

If you try to find where Grimmel lives on an online map, you first have to zoom over a lot of blue before finally homing in on the island of D'Arros. It is a small patch of land in the outer Seychelles archipelago, some 250 kilometres from the main island of Mahé. The place looks like a tourist paradise. However, nobody goes to D'Arros on holiday, and that is certainly not why Grimmel is there.

D'Arros is a private island that once belonged to the Shah of Iran and then to French cosmetics brand L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, before being bought, in 2012, by Abdulmohsen Abdulmalik Al-Sheikh, the Saudi founder of the Save Our Seas Foundation. Grimmel is a marine scientist and runs the foundation's research centre on the island together with her husband.

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