Frenchman Frédéric Chamart-Boudet has a dual challenge ahead of him: in 2004, he is attempting the route between Cape Arktichevski and the North Pole, solo and without being re-supplied.

Next year, in 2005, he will pit himself against the rigours of the long crossing of the Arctic Ocean, from Cape Arktichevski to Ward Hunt in the Far North of Canada, again solo and without being re-supplied.