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 05/04/2008  Final stretch Fedor across ice gateToday is the DAY, we are negotiating 10 to 13 East Longitudes, where several confirmed icebergs . I am sailing now with reduced sails as we have very pour visibility. Once we clear Icy Gate I will have more room for maneuvering.
03/04/2008 Report from Fedor  Good morning, we are just before the sun rise. Right now I am experiencing north and periodically N-N-E winds that forces us to sail more southerly course. My paper chart is full of red marks; this is how I color the position of confirmed icebergs based on satellite tracking provided by C-CORE and Polar View. I am on red alert.
02/04/2008 Trading Netwrok Alye Parusa crossed Prime Meridian Fedor reports: “It is good to be back to home hemisphere where we have both Moscow – home for me and Albany home for Antarctica Cup event.
31/03/2008 Sat phone session with Fedor  Last 24 hours were extreme in many ways. First we had up to 55 knots of head winds that pushed the boat down to 46 South. Seas build up significantly and my “dry boat” had plenty of water on deck and in the cockpit.
30/03/2008 Fedor passed 6 miles north to the large iceberg According to this latest data from C-CORE there is an iceberg 340m long x 157m wide located at 45.3199S, 10.670W. Fedor's position report 29/03/08, 2106 UTC placed him at 45, 9.48S, 10, 34.39W. This means that Fedor passed 6 miles to the north of the iceberg.
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