connecting the system together, and there's also some delicate electronics, the laser systems, eet cetera. we have specialist crane operators and 10 people-- 10 people-plus supporting the loading. man: [indistinct] stanley: and then we transit to the cable factory in port smith. narrator: it will take 3 days to load 120 kilometers of underwater cable...and another 5 weeks to reach the crozet islands in the south indian ocean. [man speaking french] [penguins squawking] [daniel fouquet speaking french] [fouququet speaking french] zampolli: several experts advised us that a good time to be there would be between december and february. however, it turns out that december was jujust apppparentle of the worst ones they've ever had on record. man: whoa. zampolli: what was happening there was that there were these systems brewing up south of south africa and being launched by the winter waters like frisbees. freezingng cold hurriricanes, with snow, hail, and the windnd star t to be abobout more e tha0 miles an hour, you hahave to go down and walk on all fours and work your way up, because dinner