Ultimate Arctic Crossing - part 3

Tuesday April 16 - DAY 51 / For the first time, they have been able use their traction sails for three long hours. But, as this adventure definitely has some kind of curse on it, they again had to cross two leads, spend one and a half hours untangling the lines of one of the power kites and negotiate a strong drift that was taking them eastwards. The day's assessment: 7 kilometres towards the North.

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