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Crossing the Barren Grounds across the taïga and the tundra  
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May 2010End of expedition, the Walkers of the North come back to France.
April 2010The expedition reaches the Great Bear Lake, and is stopped on the toundra due to unusual lack of snow.
March 2010Departure of the expedition
 
January 2010Winter training period in Pralognan,  Vanoise National Park.
 
September 2009Short trip at Yellowknife in order to prepare logistics of the expedition.
Interviews for CBC Radio One North, Radio Canada and Radio Taïga.
 
July 2009Terres Oubliées, a travel agency specialized in exploration trips becomes sponsor of the expedition.
 
June 2009The walkers have booked their flight tickets with Nouvelles Frontières Aventure.
Week-end in the Morbihan bay, kayaking and preparation meetings.
   
April 2009The Walkers of the North have won a grant from "Bourses Expé 2009" that provides stuff and cash.
Sponsors are : Expé, The North Face, Béal, Nouvelles Frontières Aventure and Petzl.
Méchant Loup Production, an independant production company becomes sponsor of the expedition.
  
February 2009Marie Hélène Fraïssé becomes the godmother of the expedition.
Journalist, writer and reporter, she is passioned with first nations people and north american cultures. 
Radio producer at France Culture, she is the author of many books upon north america exploration and history.
she has establisehd the french edition of the Samuel Hearne's journal in 2002.
 
January 2009The shop la haute route becomes sponsor of the expedition.
 
November 2008The team "Walkers of the North" is officially created.
  
 
Diagonale Groenland, association type loi 1901, déclarée à la sous-préfecture de Saint-Germain-en-Laye le 23 juin 2003, parue au Journal Officiel le 26 juillet 2003, N°30 page 4000