The sky is a clear blue over the port of Lulea, where the thermometer reads -3 degrees Celsius this Friday. The wind blowing over the frozen seawater of this part of the Gulf of Bothnia lowers the wind chill to -6. Gary Hekman laughs as he takes off his skates in the tent on the ice. “So, the first race is over. Only 510 kilometers to go.”
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