The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarctica for science

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An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will help understand the past and future of the ice sheet In the endless white expanse, a small mound broke the horizon. As explorer Matthieu Tordeur and glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre skied towards it, they saw a golden head emerging from the snow. It was the bust of Vladimir Lenin left by a Soviet expedition at the southern pole of inaccessibility, the point in Antarctica furthest from any coast. This surreal experience was the first milestone of a 4000-kilometre expedition across the continent to collect data that could shed light on its future in a warming world. “I almost had tears in my eyes,” says Sevestre, speaking to New Scientist by satellite phone from Antarctica. “We felt really humble, really, really small, and it was quite something to see lonely Len
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