How kites and ancient design are replacing fuel in Antarctic exploration

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• Spanish explorer Ramón Larramendi leads a four-person Wind Sled expedition that left Spain on October 18 to cross 3,400 kilometers of Antarctic interior.
• The kite- and solar-powered sled uses no combustion engine, unlike a previous comparable crossing that burned about 170,000 liters of fuel.