To succeed a polar expedition requires strength, endurance and perseverance. Good nutrition become of outmost importance.Did you know that food brings the energy the body requires to function? It is called ? Calories ?. The more calories there is in one food, the more energy it gives.
This energy is used to fight the coldness of the Artic; Pierre and Bruno are continuously in a cold environment, from sunrise to
sunset. Even during the night they spend energy to keep warmed.
Pierre and Bruno have to haul more than 300 lbs each! That requires a lot of calories also.
To figure out how much calories or food they have to consumme, lets give an example. An young lad of 9 to 10 y.o.at school needs about 2000 calories a day. Pierre and Bruno will eat more than 6 000 calories, which is 3 times what you eat per day!!!
When you think that they have to carry their food for the next
60 days, all this takes a lot of volume and brings a lot of weight in their sled. There is one solution : freeze-dry almost everything.
This technique removes almost all the water contained in food products, which in turn, reduces a lot the weight and volume of their food. It is called ? freeze-driing ? since the food stuff is placed in a very cold freezer prior to being dried. That way, the food keeps all the vitamines, all its flavor and a good
texture after it is being cooked in water. All their food is now dried or in powder : they just have to add boiling water, wait a while and it is ready! It is as simple as to add hot water to your favorite hot chocolate!
An expedition as Pierre and Bruno?s requires an excellent planification : supermarkets and convienience stores are very far away!
Bon app?it Bruno and Pierre!
