Mission leader Christian Clot was inspired by the isolation brought by COVID-19
The volunteers are aged 27–50 and include a biologist, a jeweller and a teacher
They will have access to food, water and a pedal-based dynamo for electricity
Three areas have been lain out in Lombrives cave, in France s Ariège department
One for sleeping, one for living and one for studying the cave and its flora/fauna
The experiment began on March 14 and is planned to conclude on April 22