The Brossier family wrap up warm in front of their yacht, <em>Le Vagabond</em>. The family have spent the last eight winters living and carrying out research work in the northern polar regions.
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The Brossier family wrap up warm in front of their yacht, Le Vagabond. The family have spent the last eight winters living and carrying out research work in the northern polar regions.
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Le Vagabond is a 15-meter polar-yacht, specially equipped to sail in the extreme cold and hold enough heat, food and living supplies for more than a year.
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Le Vagabond is a 15-meter polar-yacht, specially equipped to sail in the extreme cold and hold enough heat, food and living supplies for more than a year.
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Eric Brossier stands atop the pack ice in Spitzbergen, Norway, alongside his wife, France, and daughter, Leonie, in the winter of 2008. The family have since dropped anchor and been enveloped by ice in the far north of Canada and Greenland.
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Eric Brossier stands atop the pack ice in Spitzbergen, Norway, alongside his wife, France, and daughter, Leonie, in the winter of 2008. The family have since dropped anchor and been enveloped by ice in the far north of Canada and Greenland.
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The Brossier family aboard their polar vessel,<em> Le Vagabond</em>. Eldest daughter Leonie (right) was only 12 days old the first time she boarded the vessel.
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The Brossier family aboard their polar vessel, Le Vagabond. Eldest daughter Leonie (right) was only 12 days old the first time she boarded the vessel.
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Husky dogs pull a sled on the pack ice near Spitzbergen, Norway.
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Husky dogs pull a sled on the pack ice near Spitzbergen, Norway.
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Leonie Brossier raps up warm to protect herself from the Acrtic chill. Temperatures are currently around -27 degrees without windchill factored in, Eric Brossier said.
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Leonie Brossier raps up warm to protect herself from the Acrtic chill. Temperatures are currently around -27 degrees without windchill factored in, Eric Brossier said.
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The imposing sight of polar bear on its hind legs, as snapped by Eric Brossier. The giant Arctic creatures are a common sight alongside the likes of whales, walruses and seals, Brossier said.
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The imposing sight of polar bear on its hind legs, as snapped by Eric Brossier. The giant Arctic creatures are a common sight alongside the likes of whales, walruses and seals, Brossier said.
Courtesy Eric Brossier
The swirling northern lights in the skies above <em>Le Vagabond</em> in Spitsbergen, Norway.
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The swirling northern lights in the skies above Le Vagabond in Spitsbergen, Norway.
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Eric Brossier prepares scientific equipment on the ice just outside Grise Fiord. Brossier's work sees him measure ocean currents, the density of sea ice and weather patterns across large areas of the Canadian Arctic.
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Eric Brossier prepares scientific equipment on the ice just outside Grise Fiord. Brossier's work sees him measure ocean currents, the density of sea ice and weather patterns across large areas of the Canadian Arctic.
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Eric Brossier pulls a sled through the snow near Grise Fiord. This year marks the first time his family have spent the winter months close to a human settlement.
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Eric Brossier pulls a sled through the snow near Grise Fiord. This year marks the first time his family have spent the winter months close to a human settlement.
Courtesy Eric Brossier