With the wind at your back.

Dan Clausen has been sailing for several years. After hours and hours of practice, he's learned to judge the direction and speed of the wind and adjust his sails accordingly In the best conditions he can reach 40 miles per hour. No need to flip the magazine closed and check the cover, you are reading Cross Country Skier. It's true. Clausen has mastered the art of sailing across snow covered meadows and frozen lakes on a pair of cross country skis.

Ski sailing started in Norway as an ingenuous way to cover long distances over the snow.

Modern explorers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen used the same Norwegian made ski sails to move them across the Antarctic as Clausen uses on …