Fully loaded, that is to say in the first weeks of the expedition, the two men could then go on top together, and there still remained - in the lowest part in the middle of the sledges - approximately fifteen centimetres above the water line. In this shot, you can see Alain using the ice shovels as paddles for advancing the craft.
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