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It has taken several years' experience to design the ideal sledge

It has taken several years' experience to design the ideal sledge

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  • Chocolate is part of their daily diet
  • The GPS gives their position to within a bout a meter
  • The menu is identical every night
  • Each night, they have to set up a new camp
  • It takes about 15 minutes to set the camp up each night
  • They take turns setting up the camp
  • When the wind is blowing, it is not easy to set the camp up
  • Man's place in this hostile environment
  • The magical landscape of the endlessly moving ice
  • They have to stay in touch with one another
  • 10 days after leaving the Pole, the open water leads have reappeared
  • A delightful walk through the ice
  • That is an excellent terrain
  • Since the beginning of the adventure, they have not taken a single day's rest
  • A dozen hours of
  • Up until now, the sledges from Aériane have lived up to their standards
  • A cloudy day, just like almost every other
  • By May 14th, they had covered 1177 kilometres since the departure
  • Mostly, they miss the sun
  • One more effort and it will come through...
  • They sometimes have to work together in pulling the sledge
  • They walk and ski, but sometimes also have to crawl
  • They sometimes have to deploy superhuman efforts in order to cross an obstacle
  • A ten minutes break, every three hours
  • Wearing a T-shirt on the sea ice
  • That lead will be easy to cross
  • Turning the sledges into floats
  • The sea ice is getting more and more fissured
  • At the beginning of the expedition, the sledges weighed 100 kilos each
  • It has taken several years' experience to design the ideal sledge
  • Every 4 days, they must take measurements for the ESA
  • From time to time, they must also take time to contemplate
  • A seal has come to see what's happening
  • One man in front, the other in back
  • Dixie's sledge has been slightly damaged

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