Youngsters on their first trek

A very veyr cold night on the glacier. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson

A very veyr cold night on the glacier.

© Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson

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  • Sébastien Lapierre (left) and Olivier Giasson at Reykjavik airport before leaving for Groenland. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • A view of fjord Sermilik through which we had to make our progression. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Hard to progress through the
  • Olivier going up slowly against the wind. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Sebastien at the end of the day when the sledge is getting heavier and heavier every single minute of the afternoon. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • A very veyr cold night on the glacier. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Sunset on the inlandsis. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Our camp on the fjord Johan-Petersen. The progression through the pack is quite difficult and we loose much time. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • We feel quite lonely on the glacier. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Our daily landscape from the beginning of the trek until the end. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • A view of our camp : every day it was the same procedure to set it up. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Olivier pausing for a short break of 10 minutes every two hours or so. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Olivier at work, making, some repair for our material. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Of course we have had few light frosbites on our toes. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • View towards the fjors when we were on our ascent to the Greenland plateau. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Olivier has to face the piterak. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Sébastian during a quite hot day. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson
  • Lapierre et Giasson thanking their sponsors. - © Olivier Lapierre/Sébastien Giasson

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