Inlandsis 98 - The Team

in Kebnekaise cold night

Franck Goutard

Thônes, Haute Savoie, France
5/8/71
High Moutain Guide Aspirant

He is the team's alpinist. He did many of the major courses in the Mont Blanc Range (he'd skied the North face of Tour Ronde, the Whymper Coulir at La Verte; he'd climbed the Nant Blanc at la Verte, the Linceul in the Grandes Jorasses, or The Peuterey ridges, Wendenstock...). Further he went to climb to Ben Nevis (Scotland) or to Kebnekaise, in swedish Lappland.

an igloo in Spitsbergen

Emmanuel Eggermann

Soral, Switzerland
3/8/70
Research assistant in neuro-physiology, University of Geneva

Climber, Mountain skier, looking for the outdoor adventure or triathletism when he's back to civilisation. Any time he can, il flies away. Towards Alaska, Iceland or Greenland, an overl-loaded backpack doesn't frightened him. Glaciers? no problems, he put his pack on a sledge and goes for a trip in Spitsbergen

arctic weather

Alexandre Masselot

Thônes, Haute Savoie, France
2/11/71
Research assistant, parallel computing group, University of Geneva

Here, he likes steep slopes, the famous, but also the unkown ones, where skiing is an a real adventure (such places can be found by hundreds in the Alps).
In the arctic lands, the adventure takes antoher dimension. Paddling, walking or skiing, with small team or often alone, he went to Alaska, Canada, Lappland, Iceland, Spitsbergen...

fog

Why such a team?

As Knud Rasmussen stated it in 1923, during his dog-sledged trip from Greenland to Alaska:"When setting on a expedtion, the smallest team is the best. We were three"

An expedition team cannot obviously be only the sum of some peoples. The crew must be carefully tought, to avoid explosive situation as it happenened many times (even dramatically) in northern wild countries. We know each other very well for many years, and our team is made to win.