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Norwegian explorer Børge Ousland and his crew has just sailed in to the Laptev Sea in the North East Passage. A little bit further southeast is the Russian expedition Peter 1st battling it out with the ice.The Russians have had a substantial lead in the very unofficial North Pole Yacht Race after they left Murmansk two weeks earlier than Børge Ousland.The Russian 18 meter steel yacht has managed to hold the lead, but beeing the first in to these ice infested waters isn’t always a good thing. The last week...
French preparing for partial Northwest Passage rows
