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Ol n' Ben around the world
We wake up at around 8:00. After breakfast, a briefing is made by Benoit. He gives one dry bag per person : everything should fit in it. He shows us how to use the alarm gun we will use during the nights.
And he also tells us what to do in case we happen to see a polar bear : gathering, not running, staying calm, making noise, using the alarm gun.
Alarm pens are also shown. Everyone will carry one of them around his neck. It comes with difference kind of cartridges : red ones are luminous, and grey ones explosives.
Benoit leaves for one hour to go and pick up a group. In the meantime, we have to prepare our stuff so that it fits in the dry bag.
When Benoit comes back, we go to the museum of history of polar exploration. We spend one hour there learning many things about all the men who tried to conquer the poles.
We come back to the apartment to have lunch. Then we go to the supermarket to buy postcards and stamps.
We then drive to the base camp close to the harbor. All the food and gear for the trip is located there and we put it in the trailer of the minivan. We also put on the outfit which is lent to us : fleece pants, fleece boots, integral dry suits, life jackets, and Teva's sandal shoes so that we can walk with the suits without destroying the neoprene feet. So sexy ;)
Everyone puts its outfit in a large plastic bag, with its name on it, in the trailer.
Then we drive to the harbor and leave there the trailer and the kayaks for the next day.
The rest of the afternoon is free : we write postcards, pack our stuff - again but differently ! - we cook crepes !
After dinner, B decides to shave - maybe for the last time in the next two weeks ?! Time to go to bed around midnight. Still day light but the bar below the apartment quite noisy again...
And he also tells us what to do in case we happen to see a polar bear : gathering, not running, staying calm, making noise, using the alarm gun.
Alarm pens are also shown. Everyone will carry one of them around his neck. It comes with difference kind of cartridges : red ones are luminous, and grey ones explosives.
Benoit leaves for one hour to go and pick up a group. In the meantime, we have to prepare our stuff so that it fits in the dry bag.
When Benoit comes back, we go to the museum of history of polar exploration. We spend one hour there learning many things about all the men who tried to conquer the poles.
We come back to the apartment to have lunch. Then we go to the supermarket to buy postcards and stamps.
We then drive to the base camp close to the harbor. All the food and gear for the trip is located there and we put it in the trailer of the minivan. We also put on the outfit which is lent to us : fleece pants, fleece boots, integral dry suits, life jackets, and Teva's sandal shoes so that we can walk with the suits without destroying the neoprene feet. So sexy ;)
Everyone puts its outfit in a large plastic bag, with its name on it, in the trailer.
Then we drive to the harbor and leave there the trailer and the kayaks for the next day.
The rest of the afternoon is free : we write postcards, pack our stuff - again but differently ! - we cook crepes !
After dinner, B decides to shave - maybe for the last time in the next two weeks ?! Time to go to bed around midnight. Still day light but the bar below the apartment quite noisy again...
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