Ultimate Arctic Crossing - part 3

Sunday April 14 - DAY 49 / Alain and Dixie were still ill: Alain had an ulcer and Dixie, for his part, did not sleep and vomited for almost the entire night - serious indigestion. "It seems to me that I've made a mistake", Alain confided to me, "because for the sake of a few milligrams, always trying to eliminate weight, I slightly increased the fat content of our daily food. I think that it is these small grams that have made all the difference these last few days..."

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