Could you cope without natural light for 40 days?

Explorer, researcher, author

FIRST OFF, WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THIS?

Our main aim is to study adaptation – how we adapt to new situations, new environments or events. Being in the UK or France, we’re used to having an easy life, in a way. We have less knowledge about how we can suddenly change our way of doing things. We saw that with COVID-19, of course – suddenly we had to change a lot of things. It was hard for a lot of people. Many people were completely lost in this situation and some even lost track of time. People were telling us, “I don’t remember if I have to eat or if I’ve already eaten, or what I have