VLADIVOSTOK, February 19. /ITAR-TASS/. Russian traveler Fyodor Konyukhov aboard the Turgoyak has been rowing across the Pacific Ocean from Chile to Australia. He has already covered over 3,512 nautical miles and has entered the sector of French Polynesia. He is to cross 520 more miles to reach the nearest island — Fatu-Hiva, the traveler’s headquarters report.
On Tuesday late in the afternoon Fyodor said he was to cover another 500 miles to the west.
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