Heïdi Sevestre

🇦🇶 On January 21 at 8:50 p.m., after 80 days of expedition and 4,000 km traveled, we reached Hercules Inlet with  Matthieu Tordeur , on the interior coast of the Antarctic continent. ⛷️🪁 The Under Antarctica expedition thus becomes the first French crossing of the interior of Antarctica by kite-ski, and the first kite-ski expedition dedicated to polar science.  This crossing also marks a female first: I am the first woman to have completed this exact Antarctic route. For nearly three...

🚀 So It begins! After three years of preparation, training, and persistence,  Matthieu Tordeur  and I are finally setting off for Antarctica 🇦🇶.  For the next three months, we’ll travel more than 4 000 kilometres by kite-ski across the White Continent to carry out a scientific mission unlike any other, under the auspices of UNESCO  for the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences. 🌍 Together, we’ll scan the Antarctic ice with two Ground Penetrating Radars to better understand how the...

Last week, I had the real pleasure of being interviewed alongside Dr. Twila Moon by the wonderful Krys Boyd for Think with Krys Boyd ....