Director

THIERRY ROBERT was born in 1967. He has written various reportage scripts for Canal +, M6 and Cinquiéme. La grande traversèe marks his debut as a documentary director. This film was screened at the Dijon and the Autrans Festivals.

In March 2000, Arnaud Tortel and Rodolphe André launched themselves on an adventure which had seen many failures before: crossing unaided the frozen ice cap at the North Pole.

100 days of endurance to cover the 1800 kms between Siberia and the Canadian Arctic sea, an expedition full of risks across the moving and mysterious world of the drifting ice.

Under extreme conditions, threatened by white bears, the two young adventurers manage to emerge from the white hell only thanks to their incredibly strong will power.

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